spirit

Origin & mnemonic

This radical originates from the image of an altar or shrine in seal script and oracle-bone script. It represents a table or platform used for offerings to spirits, giving it the meaning of "spirit" or "divine."

Mnemonic: An altar table with vertical strokes at the top—where we show reverence to the divine.

• 禅chán🔊

  dhyana (Sanskrit)

  12 strokes

• 禇chǔ🔊

  erroneous form of 褚

  12 strokes

• 福fú🔊

  good fortune

  HSK 3

  13 strokes

• 禁jìn🔊

  to prohibit

  13 strokes

• 禔tí🔊

  well-being

  13 strokes

• 禀bǐng🔊

  to make a report (to a superior)

  13 strokes

• 禊xì🔊

  semiannual ceremony of purification

  13 strokes

• 禋yīn🔊

  sacrifice

  13 strokes

• 禖méi🔊

  heir-requesting sacrifice

  13 strokes

• 禘dì🔊

  imperial ancestral sacrifice

  13 strokes

• 禚zhuó🔊

  place name

  14 strokes

• 禛zhēn🔊

  to receive blessings in a sincere spirit

  14 strokes

• 禝jì🔊

  old variant of 稷[ji4]

  14 strokes

• 禠sī🔊

  felicity

  14 strokes

• 禢Tà🔊

  surname Ta

  14 strokes

• 禥qí🔊

  old variant of 祺[qi2]

  15 strokes

• 禤Xuān🔊

  surname Xuan

  15 strokes

• 禫tǎn🔊

  sacrifice at the end of mourning

  16 strokes

• 禧xǐ🔊

  joy

  16 strokes

• 禨jī🔊

  omen

  16 strokes

• 御yù🔊

  (bound form) imperial; royal

  17 strokes

• 禳ráng🔊

  sacrifice for avoiding calamity

  21 strokes

• 禴yuè🔊

  spring imperial ancestral sacrifice

  21 strokes