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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.

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

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 仪.

WordPinyinMeaning
仪式 (儀式)yí shìceremony
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

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.

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