Chinese symbol for “rites”
仪
yí
Traditional: 儀
apparatus; rites; appearance; present
The closest CC-CEDICT match for rites is 仪 (yí), defined as: apparatus; rites; appearance; present; ceremony.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 仪.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 仪式 (儀式) | yí shì | ceremony |
| 仪器 (儀器) | yí qì | instrument; apparatus; 台 (tái) |
| 礼仪 (禮儀) | lǐ yí | etiquette; ceremony |
| 仪表 (儀表) | yí biǎo | appearance; bearing |
| 殡仪馆 (殯儀館) | bìn yí guǎn | a funeral home; an undertaker's |
| 心仪 (心儀) | xīn yí | to admire |
See also: Japanese symbol for “rites”.
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.