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Chinese symbol for “ceremony”

仪式
yí shì
Traditional: 儀式
ceremony

The closest CC-CEDICT match for ceremony is 仪式 (yí shì), defined as: ceremony.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

仪 yí
instrument, apparatus; ceremony, rites
radical 9 ⼈ · 5 strokes
式 shì
formula, pattern, rule, style, system
radical 56 ⼷ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “ceremony”

WordPinyinMeaning
典礼 (典禮)diǎn lǐceremony; celebration
大典dà diǎnceremony; collection of classical writings
仪典 (儀典)yí diǎnceremony
祭jìto offer a sacrifice to (gods or ancestors); (in classical novels) to recite an incantation to activate a magic weapon; to wield (sth magic)
礼 (禮)lǐgift; rite

Related words

Other words that share a character with 仪式.

WordPinyinMeaning
仪器 (儀器)yí qìinstrument; apparatus; 台 (tái)
礼仪 (禮儀)lǐ yíetiquette; ceremony
仪表 (儀表)yí biǎoappearance; bearing
殡仪馆 (殯儀館)bìn yí guǎna funeral home; an undertaker's
心仪 (心儀)xīn yíto admire
方式fāng shìway; method; manner; mode; pattern (of behavior etc); 种 (zhǒng)
正式zhèng shìformal; official
模式mó shìmode; pattern; model

See also: Japanese symbol for “ceremony”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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