祭
Ancient forms
3 formsGlyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
- to offer a sacrifice to (gods or ancestors)
- memorial ceremony
- (in classical novels) to recite an incantation to activate a magic weapon
- (lit. and fig.) to wield
Zhài zhai4
- surname Zhai
HSK words with 祭
More words with 祭
- 公祭 gōngjì public memorial service
- 祭物 jìwù sacrifices
- 祭出 jìchū to brandish (a figurative weapon, i.e. some measure intended to deal with the situation); to resort to (some tactic)
- 祭文 jìwén funeral oration
- 主祭 zhǔjì to perform the sacrificial rites at a funeral
- 祭器 jìqì ritual dishes
- 血祭 xuèjì blood sacrifice
- 祭酒 jìjiǔ to offer a libation
- 祭品 jìpǐn offering
- 司祭 sījì priest