礻 shì show Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 礻 is a component form of 示, which depicts a memorial tablet used for spiritual rituals. Character Evolution Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC Seal Shuowen ~100 AD Seal Shuowen ~100 AD Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD Regular Modern ▼ More ▲ Less Component uses Meaning (12 of 41 verified) 神社福礼祖祥祸禧禅禄祈祷祀祠祁祺祯祛祗祉祚祜祇禳祕祢祆祎祧祓禊禛禍禘禎禱祿禮禪禰禕 show all 41 show fewer Sound (2) 视視 Iconic (1) 祝 說文解字 《說文》：“示，天垂象，見吉凶，所以示人也。从二；三垂，日、月、星也。觀乎天文以察時變，示，神事也。，古文示。” Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical images Academia Sinica Etymology Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)
