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祀 = 礻 + 巳
祀 is a Japanese kanji written with 8 strokes, listed here under the keyword “enshrine”. It is built from 礻 (leftside altar) and 巳 (sign of the snake). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2993.
- Keyword
- enshrine
- RTK frame
- 2993
- Strokes
- 8
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- シ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- まつ.る, まつり
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- закреплять
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 祀 to sacrifice
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
Alternative decomposition
How to find 祀 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “leftside altar” + “sign of the snake”. 祀 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 祀 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.