醮

jiào

Rank #4054

jiào to perform sacrifice

Phonosemantic compound. 酉 represents the meaning and 焦 represents the sound.

Semantic: 酉 Phonetic: 焦

Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Traditional Modern

Simplified Modern

村子里正在打醮祈福。

Cūnzi lǐ zhèngzài dǎjiào qífú.

The village is holding a Taoist ceremony to pray for blessings.

这场隆重的打醮活动持续了三天。

Zhè chǎng lóngzhòng de dǎjiào huódòng chíxùle sān tiān.

This grand Taoist ritual activity lasted for three days.

仪式结束后，道士们开始散醮。

Yíshì jiéshù hòu, dàoshimen kāishǐ sànjiào.

After the ceremony concluded, the Taoist priests began the final dispersal rite of the ritual.

古籍中记载了古代帝王的封禅和祭醮。

Gǔjí zhōng jìzǎile gǔdài dìwáng de fēngshàn hé jìjiào.

Ancient texts record the ancient emperors' Feng and Shan sacrifices and sacrificial ceremonies.

他看破红尘，决定出家，再醮为道士。

Tā kànpò hóngchén, juédìng chūjiā, zàijiào wéi dàoshi.

He saw through the vanity of the world, decided to leave secular life, and was ordained as a Taoist priest.

这场斋醮科仪的程序非常复杂严谨。

Zhè chǎng zhāijiào kēyí de chéngxù fēichāng fùzá yánjǐn.

The procedure of this Zhai ritual and Jiao ceremony is very complex and rigorous.

她的研究重点在于道教醮仪的象征体系。

Tā de yánjiū zhòngdiǎn zàiyú Dàojiào jiàoyí de xiàngzhēng tǐxì.

Her research focuses on the symbolic system of Taoist Jiao rituals.

历史上，朝廷常为祈雨或禳灾而敕建金箓大醮。

Lìshǐ shàng, cháotíng cháng wèi qíyǔ huò rángzāi ér chì jiàn jīnlù dàjiào.

Historically, the imperial court often ordered the establishment of the grand Golden Register Jiao to pray for rain or avert disasters.

Composed characters:

Component: 焦

Component: 酉

焦酉