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to show, to demonstrate
to display, to reveal
the altar (丅) with offerings, dripping down (小), for the ONE (—) demonstrates and shows
how ancient people wanted to reveal divine will through rituals |
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to sacrifice/worship
meat (rou) + hand/again (you) + altar/show (shi)
a hand placing a meat on an altar offering a sacrifice during a solemn ceremony |
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to examine/inspect
to observe closely
house (mian) + offering (ji)
Under a roof of a courtroom (宀) a judge meticulously inspects with his 又 the sacrificial (祭) meat (肉) for flaws before a ritual—this is examination in action! |
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to wipe/rub/scrub
hand/again (you) + examine (cha)
a hand carefully examines a dirty altar before rubbing the blood stains |
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ticket; bill; ballot banknote
cover/covering [symbol] + altar/show (shi)
an ornamented sheet of paper covering from an altar is so valuable that it is used as a banknote |
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to float, to drift
water [shui] + written prayer/banknote (piao)
a water surface carrying a fluttering sacred banknote, which is floating away |
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god, deity, spirit,
divine
show 礻=示 [shì] + lightning/explain 申157[shēn]
an altar (礻) has been stroke by a lightning (申) as God's response to a sacrifice |
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a stroke
乚 is primarily a calligraphic stroke or a simplification aid, (a placeholder in simplified characters e.g., 礼 replacing 豊) not an ancient character with independent meaning; |
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ritual, rite, ceremony; propriety, courtesy
altar/show 礻=示 [shì] + hide 乚83e[yǐ]
an altar with many hidden offerings乚 as a part of an established ritual
In modern times, 礼 was simplified from 禮, retaining the 示 (altar) radical but replacing 豊 with 乚 (a phonetic marker) |
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society, community
organization, group
altar/show 礻=示 [shì] + soil 土152[tǔ]
the altar for the Earth God is not just in service of a group or organization - but for the whole society |
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blessing, good fortune, happiness, luck
altar/show 礻=示 [shì] + liquor bottle/full 畐163[fu]
an altar abundant and full of offerings to secure a blessing from gods |
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full (container), abundant
a cover on a container full of grains from a field |
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and, furthermore,
moreover; temporarily
a sacrificial stand or altar
think of 且 as a PLUS sign |
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ancestor, forefather
A ritual altar (礻) AND a ritual tablet (且) with a list of ancestors like generations on a family tree. That’s 祖: the ones who came before us. |
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