Definitions
- 1. to offer a sacrifice to (gods or ancestors)
- 2. memorial ceremony
- 3. (in classical novels) to recite an incantation to activate a magic weapon
- 4. (lit. and fig.) to wield
Character focus
Stroke order
Word relationships
Usage notes
Common mistakes
祭 is often misused for general remembering; it specifically involves ritual offerings to deities or ancestors.
Formality
The sense 'to wield (a magic weapon)' appears mainly in classical novels or formal literary contexts.
Example Sentences
1 shown他们每年都 祭 祖先。
AI-generated examples are marked with this icon.
Words Containing 祭
to offer sacrifices (to one's ancestors)
to offer sacrifices to the gods or ancestors
to perform the sacrificial rites at a funeral
burnt offering (Judaism)
public memorial service
priest
High Priest
pouring of wine on ground for sacrifice
a worship ceremony for the dead
to have a large and sumptuous meal (traditionally on the 1st and 15th of each month)
to worship
a good meal
to offer sacrifice
sacrificial ceremony
to brandish (a figurative weapon, i.e. some measure intended to deal with the situation)
priest
priestcraft
offering
ritual dishes
altar
to offer sacrifices to Confucius
to mourn and offer prayers
to offer sacrifice (to one's ancestors)
funeral oration
to offer sacrifices to the kitchen god
sacrifices
sacrificial animal
to offer sacrifices to one's ancestors
sacrificial offerings
to give sacrifice
to offer a libation
blood sacrifice
to offer sacrifices (to gods or ancestors) whilst abstaining from meat, wine etc