Chinese symbol for “sacrifice”
祀
sì
to sacrifice; to offer libation to
The closest CC-CEDICT match for sacrifice is 祀 (sì), defined as: to sacrifice; to offer libation to.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “sacrifice”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 牺 (犧) | xī | sacrifice |
| 牺牲 (犧牲) | xī shēng | to sacrifice one's life; to sacrifice (sth valued) |
| 牲礼 (牲禮) | shēng lǐ | (religion) to sacrifice; sacrifice |
| 供奉 | gòng fèng | to consecrate; to enshrine and worship |
| 禋 | yīn | sacrifice |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 祀.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 祭祀 | jì sì | to offer sacrifices to the gods or ancestors |
| 奉祀 | fèng sì | to worship; to pay respects to (a deity, ancestor etc) |
| 郊祀 | jiāo sì | pair of annual sacrificial ceremonies held by the emperor in ancient times: one in the southern suburbs of the capital (bringing offerings t |
| 祀神 | sì shén | to offer sacrifices to the gods |
| 祀物 | sì wù | sacrificial objects |
See also: Japanese symbol for “sacrifice”.
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.