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CHINESE CHARACTER

祠 (cí): Meaning, Words & Stroke Order

ancestral temple; to sacrifice
HSK —9 strokes

LEARNING CONNECTIONS

Primary radical

礻 is the Unicode primary radical used to organise 祠.

Phonetic component

司 is recorded as the sound-side component in this pictophonetic analysis.

STROKES · 9

Write 祠 in 9 steps.

Each square adds one stroke in the standard writing order.

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FAQ

What does 祠 (cí) mean in Chinese?

ancestral temple; to sacrifice

How do you write 祠 in stroke order?

祠 has 9 strokes. Follow the animated stroke-order sequence above, then practise it on the writing page.

What is the radical of 祠?

礻 is the radical in 祠. It can provide a meaning-side clue.

What are common words with 祠?

This character does not yet have linked HSK word entries in the study archive.