# 祀

| 祀 | U+7940, &#31040; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7940 |
| ← 礿 [U+793F] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 祁 → [U+7941] |

## Translingual
### Han character

祀 (Kangxi radical 113, 示+3, 8 strokes, cangjie input 戈火口山 (IFRU), four-corner 3721$_7$, composition ⿰礻巳)

#### Derived characters

* 𪲢, 𪬂, 𫀟

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 840, character 1
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24633
* Dae Jaweon: page 1258, character 3
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2387, character 1
* Unihan data for U+7940

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 祀
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 巳 | *ljɯʔ, *lɯs |
| 祀 | *ljɯʔ |
| 汜 | *ljɯʔ |
| 戺 | *zrɯʔ |
| 起 | *kʰɯʔ |
| 熙 | *qʰlɯ |
| 媐 | *qʰlɯ, *lɯ |
| 圯 | *lɯ |
| 异 | *lɯ, *lɯs |
| 巸 | *lɯ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ljɯʔ) : semantic 示 (“divinity”) + phonetic 巳 (OC *ljɯʔ, *lɯs)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): sì (si$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄙˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zi$^6$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sǐr / sū / sǐ / sī / chhāi / sāi
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: sì
*** Zhuyin: ㄙˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sìh
*** Wade–Giles: ssŭ$^4$
*** Yale: sz̀
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syh
*** Palladius: сы (sy)
*** Sinological IPA : /sz̩⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zi$^6$
*** Yale: jih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzi$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ji$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡siː²²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ
*** Hakka Romanization System: sii
*** Hagfa Pinyim: si$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /sɨ⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sǐr
*** Tâi-lô: sǐr
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ²²/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sū
*** Tâi-lô: sū
*** Phofsit Daibuun: su
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /su³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /su²²/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sǐ
*** Tâi-lô: sǐ
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /si²²/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sī
*** Tâi-lô: sī
*** Phofsit Daibuun: si
*** IPA (Xiamen): /si²²/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhāi
*** Tâi-lô: tshāi
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhai
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰai²²/
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰai³³/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sāi
*** Tâi-lô: sāi
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sai
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /sai³³/
* sǐr/sū/sǐ/sī - literary;
* chhāi/sāi - vernacular.
* Middle Chinese: ziX
Rime :
| Character | 祀 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 邪 (17) |
| Final (韻) | 之 (19) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 詳里切 |
| Baxter | ziX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /zɨ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /zɨ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /zie$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /zɨ$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ziə$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /zĭə$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /zi$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | sì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zi$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-[ɢ]əʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ljɯʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 祀 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | sì |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ zi$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*s-[ɢ]əʔ/ |
| English | sacrifice; year |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 祀 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 12008 |
| Phonetic component | 巳 |
| Rime group | 之 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 似 |
| Old Chinese | /*ljɯʔ/ |

### Definitions

祀
* to sacrifice; to worship
* (Shang dynasty) year

### Compounds

* 不祀
* 先祀
* 垂馨千祀
* 大祀
* 奉祀 (fèngsì)
* 宗祀
* 崇祀
* 從祀 / 从祀
* 明祀
* 毖祀
* 清祀
* 祀事
* 祀典 (sìdiǎn)
* 祀天
* 祀孔
* 祀灶
* 祀灶日
* 祀神 (sìshén)
* 祭祀 (jìsì)
* 禋祀
* 禱祀 / 祷祀
* 覆宗滅祀 / 覆宗灭祀
* 覆宗絕祀 / 覆宗绝祀
* 郊祀 (jiāosì)
* 陪祀 (péisì)
* 雩祀

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* enshrine, worship

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): し (shi)、じ (ji)
* Kun: まつる (matsuru, 祀る)、まつり (matsuri, 祀り)、とし (toshi, 祀)
* Nanori: とし (toshi)

### References

* ↑ https://jisho.org/search/祀%20%23kanji

## Korean
### Hanja

祀 (eum 사 (sa))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

祀: Hán Việt readings: tự
* chữ Hán form of tự.

#### Compounds

* 祭祀 (tế tự)

### References

* ↑ Trần (2004).