祠庙
cí​miào

ancestral temple

祠 cí, sì ancestral temple

Phonosemantic compound. 礻 represents the meaning and 司 represents the sound.

Components

礻
礻 Meaning component
shì show

礻 is a component form of 示.

司
司 Sound component
sī take charge of

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartzisə.ləsacrifice
Zhengzhangljɯ
Unicodeziə

說文解字

春祭曰祠。品物少，多文詞也。从示司聲。仲春之月，祠不用犧牲，用圭璧及皮幣。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

庙 miào temple Simplified

Simplified form of 廟. Phonosemantic compound. 广 represents the meaning and 朝 represents the sound.

Components

广
广 Meaning component
guǎng roof
由
由 Simplified component
yóu cause

Shorthand for the 朝 component in the traditional character 廟.

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

廟 miào temple Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 广 represents the meaning and 朝 represents the sound.

Components

广
广 Meaning component
guǎng roof
朝
朝 Sound component
cháo, zhāo dynasty

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartmjewH[m]raw-s a kind of building with side rooms

說文解字

《說文》：“廟，尊先祖皃也。从广，朝聲。庿，古文。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)