The Chinese Radical: 祭




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Meaning
to sacrifice    祭

Explanation The meat 肉/月 is placed by a hand 又 on the altar 示 (= to show) during the: Sacrifice.

Used in these characters:
HSK 4
to examine, inspect, to look into
chá
Top: roof 宀, below: sacrifice 祭 (The body 月/肉 is put by hand on the altar 示 as sacrifice)
If a cover (= roof) is over the altar with the sacrificial item, this shall be investigated.
HSK 4
rubbing, to wipe, to clean, to polish

Left: hand 扌, right: investigate 察 (When there is a cover 宀 over the sacrificial 祭 item on the alter 示, it is to be investigated.) [sacrifice = 祭 = The body 月/肉 is put by hand on the altar 示 to sacrifice.]
The hand investigates by rubbing.
no HSK
surname Cai
cài
Top: plant /grass 艹, bottom: sacrifice 祭 (The body 月/肉 is put by hand on the altar 示 as a sacrifice)
Plants are sacrificed by the family: Cai.
no HSK
to offer sacrifice

Top: part of body 月 (cf: meat 肉), hand , below: to show 示 (image of an altar with a sacrifice on it)
A body is laid by hand on the altar: as sacrifice.
no HSK
sound of breaking or snapping
chā
Left: mouth 口, right: investigate 察 (When there is a cover 宀 over the sacrificial 祭 item on the alter 示, it is to be investigated.) [祭 = The body 月/肉 is put by hand on the altar 示 as sacrifice]
The mouth must be investigated if it makes cracking sounds.

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