祠 — kanji meaning “small shrine”
祠
small shrine
- Meanings
- small shrine
- On'yomi
- シ (shi)
- Kun'yomi
- ほこら、まつる
- Strokes
- 10
- Classical radical
- 113
- Chinese reading
- cí — Chinese character page
Words with 祠
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 祠堂 | しどう shidou | lay ancestral hall; hall on temple grounds for holding mortuary tablets of lay parishioners |
| 小祠 | しょうし shoushi | small hokora; small shrine |
| 淫祠 | いんし inshi | shrine of evil deity |
| 古祠 | こし koshi | old small shrine |
| 淫祠邪教 | いんしじゃきょう inshijakyou | evil heresies |
| 神祠 | しんし shinshi | shrine |
| 祠宇 | しう shiu | shrine |
| 叢祠 | そうし soushi | small shrine in a thicket |
| 生祠 | せいし seishi | monument (stela, hokora, etc.) commemorating a living god |
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