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祧 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
祧 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
祧 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
祧 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
祧 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
祧 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now
祧 Chinese character image - Hanzi Now

祧 Stroke Order — How to Write 祧

Stroke Order

祧 is written in 10 strokes, following the standard Chinese stroke order. Start from the radical 礻, then complete the remaining strokes.

Stroke order matters in Chinese: it keeps the character balanced, and it is how dictionaries and handwriting input methods expect a character to be written.

祧 Radical and Character Components

Components:礻兆

祧 is a phono-semantic compound: 礻 (spirit) carries the meaning, while 兆 indicates the sound.

Radical: 礻 + 6 more strokes

祧 Pronunciation and Pinyin

  • tiāo

Meanings of 祧 in Chinese

1

tiāo祧

An ancient ancestral temple dedicated to distant ancestors.
他祭拜了家族的祧庙。
He worshipped at the family's ancestral temple.
To inherit the ancestral lineage or family responsibilities, often referring to the continuation of the family line and its rituals.
作为家中长子，他被寄予厚望，承祧家族的责任。
As the eldest son in the family, he was entrusted with great expectations to inherit the family's responsibilities.
To move the spirit tablet of an ancestor from a distant generation into the ancestral temple. The term is prominently featured in '不祧之祖' (bù tiāo zhī zǔ), which literally means an ancestor whose spirit tablet should not be moved, metaphorically signifying a foundational, enduring, or unchanging element or tradition.
那家店的百年老方，可以说是他们品牌的'不祧之祖'。
That store's century-old recipe can be considered the 'foundational cornerstone' of their brand.

Words with 祧

Idioms with 祧

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Questions about 祧

What does 祧 mean in Chinese?

祧 (tiāo) means “An ancient ancestral temple dedicated to distant ancestors” in Chinese.

How do you pronounce 祧?

祧 is pronounced tiāo in Mandarin Chinese.

How many strokes does 祧 have?

祧 has 10 strokes.

How do you write 祧?

祧 is written in 10 strokes, starting from the radical 礻. See the animated stroke order on this page.

What is the radical of 祧?

The radical of 祧 is 礻, and 祧 is a phono-semantic compound.