TSUMUGU · C1 (est.) · 字
祀
祀 ＝ 示 ＋ 巳
ㄙˋ · sì
verb/noun — to offer sacrifice, to worship
字源 FORM — what the parts do
巳聲sì — gives the soundthe sixth earthly branch (巳) — here only the sound
An altar (示) and the offering brought to it again and again, never stopping — to sacrifice, to worship. 巳 sì carries the sound exactly. From the standing rite, all of worship: 祭祀、祀神.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
神壇（示）前供奉一回又一回——拜個不停，就是祀。
Before the altar (示), the offering laid down again and again — worship that never stops.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)祭祀— to offer sacrifice, to worship常用
→祀神— to worship a god
→祀典— the rites, the established ceremony
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
祭＝ ＋ 又 ＋ 肉jìthe partner in 祭祀 — 祭 sets a hand and meat over the altar (the offering act), 祀 takes for the sound巳sìthe bare sound donor — 巳 alone is the snake / sixth branch; 祀 adds the altar (worship)