TSUMUGU · C1 (est.) · 字
祭
ㄐㄧˋ · jì
verb/noun — to offer sacrifice (to spirits, the dead); a rite
字源 FORM — what the parts do
A hand (又) lays a piece of meat (肉) on the altar (示) — together they write the offering, the sacrifice. From it, every rite for spirits and the dead: 祭祀、祭祖.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一隻手（又）抓著一塊肉（肉），放上神壇（示）——獻祭。
A hand (又) sets a slab of meat (肉) on the altar (示) — the offering is made.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)祭祀、祭拜— to offer sacrifice, to worship常用
→祭祖— to make offerings to ancestors
→祭奠— to make offerings to the dead
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension