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)).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “ritual”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 科仪.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 科技 | kē jì | science and technology |
| 科学 (科學) | kē xué | science; scientific knowledge |
| 科学家 (科學家) | kē xué jiā | scientist |
| 学科 (學科) | xué kē | subject; branch of learning |
| 百科 | bǎi kē | universal; encyclopedic |
| 科研 | kē yán | (scientific) research |
| 仪式 (儀式) | yí shì | ceremony |
| 仪器 (儀器) | yí qì | instrument; 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.