祭 (jì)
to offer sacrifices to; to worship
How 祭 is written
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 月 — moon
- Traditional
- 祭
- Simplified
- 祭 (unchanged)
祭 has 2 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- zhài
- surname Zhai
- jì
- to offer sacrifice; festive occasion
Common words using 祭
- 拜祭 bàijì
- worship
- 祭奠 jìdiàn
- to offer sacrifices (to one's ancestors); to hold or attend a memorial service
- 祭拜 jìbài
- to offer sacrifice (to one's ancestors)
- 祭祀 jìsì
- to offer sacrifices to the gods or ancestors
- 祭祖 jìzǔ
- to offer sacrifices to one's ancestors
- 主祭 zhǔjì
- to perform the sacrificial rites at a funeral
- 公祭 gōngjì
- public memorial service
- 奠祭 diànjì
- pouring of wine on ground for sacrifice
- 打牙祭 dǎyájì
- to have a large and sumptuous meal (traditionally on the 1st and 15th of each month)
- 牙祭 yájì
- a good meal; sumptuous food
- 獻祭 xiànjì
- to offer sacrifice
- 祭典 jìdiǎn
- sacrificial ceremony; religious festival
祭 in a sentence
每年中元節，我們都會準備供品祭拜好兄弟。
Měinián Zhōngyuánjié, wǒmen dōu huì zhǔnbèi gòngpǐn jìbài Hǎoxiōngdì.
“Every Ghost Festival, we prepare offerings to worship the 'Good Brothers' (spirits).”
How common is 祭?
祭 is the 1,780th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 96.2% of all running text.
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