字の旅3,000 years in four forms
Oracle bone · ShangShang · c. 1200 BCE後1.1.2 合7668
Oracle bone and bronze: Wikimedia Commons, traced from Academia Sinica, CC0. Small seal: Academia Sinica 小學堂, CC0. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
部首Radical · in Nature & Elements
示 altar, festival, religious service
しめす shimesu
5 strokesRadical of 4 kanjiPart of 9
Origin · sourced
Pictogram象形
An altar. The original form is similar to unrelated character 丅, and additional strokes are added to prevent confusion with an ancient variant of 下 and the ancient version of 主.
Source: Wiktionary, 示 (rev. 93594705), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Make an offering! This radical is the gateway to the sacred world. Imagine a solemn festival at a shrine where an altar is piled high with gifts. It represents the act of "showing" or "revealing" one's intentions to the spirits. When you see it, think of ritual, ceremony, and the power of a formal presentation.”
Where it sits in a kanji
Indicates religious services, festivals, altars, spirits, the act of "showing" or indicating something, and sacred ceremonies.
What it grows into
- 祭ritualサイ · まつる
肉 + 又 + 示
The hand offers a piece of meat at the altar during a ceremony.
Ideogrammic compound · Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Every kanji with 示 as its radical
All 4 kanji