祧

Information about character(s)

Radical: 示
Radical Strokes: 5
Additional Strokes: 6
Total Strokes: 10

Pronunciation

Pinyin: tiāo
Cantonese: tiu1
JapaneseOn: CHOU
Korean: CO

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: an ancestral hall

CE-Dict: ancestral hall

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.[Formal] become or be heir to
2.an ancestral temple

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《示部》祧遷廟也。从示兆聲。

康熙字典文字版 【午集下】【示字部】祧
〔古文〕𥜔【廣韻】吐彫切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】他彫切，𠀤音挑。【說文】遷廟也。【禮·祭法】遠廟爲祧，去祧爲壇。【註】祧之言超也，超上去意也。【周禮·春官】守祧，掌守先王先公之廟祧。【註】遷主所藏曰祧。【左傳·襄九年】以先君之祧處之。【註】諸侯以始祖之廟爲祧。　【集韻】通作庣。