# 祠

| 祠 | U+7960, &#31072; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7960 |
| ← 祟 [U+795F] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 祡 → [U+7961] |

## Translingual
### Han character

祠 (Kangxi radical 113, 示+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 戈火尸一口 (IFSMR), four-corner 3722$_0$, composition ⿰礻司)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 842, character 6
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24676
* Dae Jaweon: page 1262, character 4
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2395, character 1
* Unihan data for U+7960

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 司 | *slɯ |
| 伺 | *slɯ, *slɯs |
| 覗 | *slɯ, *slɯs |
| 笥 | *slɯ, *slɯs |
| 詞 | *ljɯ |
| 祠 | *ljɯ |
| 柌 | *ljɯ |
| 嗣 | *ljɯs |
| 孠 | *ljɯs |
| 飼 | *ljɯs |
| 呞 | *hljɯ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ljɯ) and ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): semantic 礻 (“divinity”) + phonetic 司 (OC *slɯ).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): cí (ci$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄘˊ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ci$^4$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): lhu$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chhì
    (Meixian, Guangdong): ci$^2$
* Eastern Min (BUC): sṳ̀
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): so$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): sîr / sû / sî
    (Teochew, Peng'im): se$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$zy
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: cí
*** Zhuyin: ㄘˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cíh
*** Wade–Giles: tzʻŭ$^2$
*** Yale: tsź
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyr
*** Palladius: цы (cy)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰz̩³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ci$^4$
*** Yale: chìh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsi$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: qi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰiː²¹/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: lhu$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬu²²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhì
*** Hakka Romanization System: qi$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: qi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi¹¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: ci$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰz̩¹¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: sṳ̀
*** Sinological IPA : /sy⁵³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: so$^2$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: seó
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬo¹³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: so$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬɵ¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sîr
*** Tâi-lô: sîr
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ²⁴/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sû
*** Tâi-lô: sû
*** Phofsit Daibuun: suu
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /su²³/
*** IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /su²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /su¹³/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sî
*** Tâi-lô: sî
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sii
*** IPA (Xiamen): /si²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /si¹³/
* sîr/sû - literary;
* sî - vernacular.
* Middle Chinese: zi
Rime :
| Character | 祠 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 邪 (17) |
| Final (韻) | 之 (19) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 似兹切 |
| Baxter | zi |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /zɨ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /zɨ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /zie/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /zɨ/ |
| Li Rong | /ziə/ |
| Wang Li | /zĭə/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /zi/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | sí |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ci$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*sə.lə/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ljɯ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 祠 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | cí |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ zi › |
| Old Chinese | /*sə.lə/ |
| English | sacrifice |
| 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 | 祠 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 11959 |
| Phonetic component | 司 |
| Rime group | 之 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 詞 |
| Old Chinese | /*ljɯ/ |

### Definitions

祠
* ancestral temple
* (literary) to offer sacrifice
* (literary) spring sacrifice

#### Compounds

* 仁祠
* 叢祠 / 丛祠
* 史祠 (Shǐcí)
* 奉祠
* 宗祠 (zōngcí)
* 家祠 (jiācí)
* 淫祠
* 生祠 (shēngcí)
* 祠兵
* 祠堂 (cítáng)
* 祠宇
* 祠官
* 禖祠
* 行祠
* 雷家祠 (Léijiācí)
* 龍祠 / 龙祠

### References

* “祠”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: じ (ji)
* Kan-on: し (shi)
* Kun: ほこら (hokora, 祠)、まつる (matsuru, 祠る)

#### Compounds

* 祠宇(しう) (shiu)
* 祠堂(しどう) (shidō)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 祠
* ほこら Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 叢祠

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ほこら [hòkórá] (Heiban – [0])
* (Tokyo) ほこら [hòkóráꜜ] (Odaka – [3])
* IPA: [ho̞ko̞ɾa̠]

### Noun

祠(ほこら) • (hokora)
* a small shrine
    Synonym: 神庫 (jinko)

## Korean
### Hanja

祠 • (sa) (hangeul 사, revised sa, McCune–Reischauer sa, Yale sa)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

祠: Hán Nôm readings: từ, thờ, tờ
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