祠 — Chinese character
祠
cí
ancestral temple; to sacrifice
- Pinyin
- cí
- Radical
- 113 ⽰ (Spirit)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 礻 司
- Formation
- pictophonetic — spirit; meaning component 礻; sound component 司
- Japanese
- 祠 as a kanji
Common words with 祠
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 祠堂 | cí táng | ancestral hall; memorial hall |
| 宗祠 | zōng cí | ancestral temple; clan hall |
| 武侯祠 | wǔ hóu cí | temple dedicated to the memory of Zhuge Liang 诸葛亮 (Zhū gě Liàng) (There is one in Chengdu, and many others in various parts of China.) |
| 神祠 | shén cí | shrine |
| 祠庙 (祠廟) | cí miào | ancestral hall; temple to one's forebears |
| 祖祠 | zǔ cí | shrine dedicated to one's ancestors |
| 祠墓 | cí mù | memorial hall and tomb |
| 土谷祠 (土穀祠) | tǔ gǔ cí | temple dedicated to the local tutelary god 土地神 (tǔ dì shén) and the god of cereals |
| 生祠 | shēng cí | temple dedicated to sb still alive |
English words written with 祠
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.