祀

祀	U+7940, 祀 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7940

Translingual

Han character

祀 (Kangxi radical 113, 示+3, 8 strokes, cangjie input 戈火口山 (IFRU), four-corner 3721₇, composition ⿰礻巳)

Derived characters

𪲢, 𪬂, 𫀟

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 840, character 1
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24633
Dae Jaweon: page 1258, character 3
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2387, character 1
Unihan data for U+7940

Chinese

simp. and trad.		祀
alternative forms		禩

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (巳) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
巳	ljɯʔ, lɯs
祀	*ljɯʔ
汜	*ljɯʔ
戺	*zrɯʔ
起	*kʰɯʔ
熙	*qʰlɯ
媐	qʰlɯ, lɯ
圯	*lɯ
异	lɯ, lɯs
巸	*lɯ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ljɯʔ) : semantic 示 (“divinity”) + phonetic 巳 (OC *ljɯʔ, *lɯs)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sì (si⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄙˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sǐr / sū / sǐ / sī / chhāi / sāi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sì
  - Zhuyin: ㄙˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sìh
  - Wade–Giles: ssŭ⁴
  - Yale: sz̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syh
  - Palladius: сы (sy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zi⁶
  - Yale: jih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ
  - Hakka Romanization System: sii
  - Hagfa Pinyim: si⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /sɨ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sǐr
  - Tâi-lô: sǐr
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ²²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sū
  - Tâi-lô: sū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: su
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /su³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /su²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sǐ
  - Tâi-lô: sǐ
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /si²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sī
  - Tâi-lô: sī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: si
  - IPA (Xiamen): /si²²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhāi
  - Tâi-lô: tshāi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhai
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰai²²/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰai³³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sāi
  - Tâi-lô: sāi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sai
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /sai³³/

Note:

sǐr/sū/sǐ/sī - literary;
chhāi/sāi - vernacular.

Middle Chinese: ziX

Rime
Character	祀
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	邪 (17)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	詳里切
Baxter	ziX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/zɨ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/zɨ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/zie^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/zɨ^X/
Li Rong	/ziə^X/
Wang Li	/zĭə^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/zi^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*s-[ɢ]əʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*ljɯʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	祀
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	sì
Middle Chinese	‹ zi^X ›
Old Chinese	/*s-[ɢ]əʔ/
English	sacrifice; year
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	祀
Reading #	1/1
No.	12008
Phonetic component	巳
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	似
Old Chinese	/*ljɯʔ/

Definitions

祀

to sacrifice; to worship
(Shang dynasty) year

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

祀

(Hyōgai kanji)

enshrine, worship^[1]

Readings

On (unclassified): し (shi)、じ (ji)
Kun: まつる (matsuru, 祀る)、まつり (matsuri, 祀り)、とし (toshi, 祀)
Nanori: とし (toshi)

References

^ https://jisho.org/search/祀%20%23kanji

Korean

Hanja

祀 (eum 사 (sa))

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Vietnamese

Han character

祀: Hán Việt readings: tự^[1]

chữ Hán form of tự.

Compounds

祭祀 (tế tự)

References

^ Trần (2004).

[1] ttps://jisho.org/search/祀%20%23kanji

[gdhn-2] Trần (2004).

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