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Chinese symbol for “ritual”

科仪
kē yí
Traditional: 科儀
ritual (Daoism); scientific instrument (abbr. for 科学仪器 (kē xué yí qì))

The closest CC-CEDICT match for ritual is 科仪 (kē yí), defined as: ritual (Daoism); scientific instrument (abbr. for 科学仪器 (kē xué yí qì)).

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

科 kē
section, department; field, branch; science
radical 115 ⽲ · 9 strokes
仪 yí
instrument, apparatus; ceremony, rites
radical 9 ⼈ · 5 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “ritual”

WordPinyinMeaning
法事fǎ shìreligious ceremony; ritual

Related words

Other words that share a character with 科仪.

WordPinyinMeaning
科技kē jìscience and technology
科学 (科學)kē xuéscience; scientific knowledge
科学家 (科學家)kē xué jiāscientist
学科 (學科)xué kēsubject; branch of learning
百科bǎi kēuniversal; encyclopedic
科研kē yán(scientific) research
仪式 (儀式)yí shìceremony
仪器 (儀器)yí qìinstrument; apparatus; 台 (tái)

See also: Japanese symbol for “ritual”.

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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