祭 (zai3 | ji4) : offer sacrifices to; worship

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祭

zai3

ji4

[1] offer sacrifices to; worship
[2] hold a memorial service for
[3] wield (sth magic)

Stroke count: 11

Level: 3

Radical: 示 (#113)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

祭

This word has been viewed 5253 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 22nd Mar 2014 01:33

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祭司 zai3 si1 ji4 si1 = priest (for Catholic churches, the person who offers the sacrament)

血祭 hyut3 zai3 xue4 ji4 (PRC), xie3 ji4 (Taiwan) = blood cults, blood sacrifice

奠祭 din6 zai3 dian4 ji4 = pouring of wine on ground for sacrifice

祭祀 zai3 zi6 ji4 si4 = offer sacrifices to the gods or ancestors: see also 祀祖

祭祖 zai3 zou2 ji4 zu3 = offer sacrifices to ancestors

主祭 zyu2 zai3 zhu3 ji4 = officiate at funeral or sacrificial rites; (be) the officer offering sacrifices

致祭 zi3 zai3 = memorial service

祭旗 zai3 kei4 ji4 qi2 = to go on a witch-hunt; to search for a scape-goat; to implicate innocent people 粵

祭壇 zai3 taan4 ji4 tan2 = altar

拜祭 baai3 zai3 bai4 ji4 = pay respect to a deceased person
See all 13 compounds (CantoDict reports 12 compounds in total, which would seem to be an error - please report this on the CantoDict forum)

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粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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Decimal representation of this word: 祭
Unicode code for this character: U+796d (off-site link)

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