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祀

sì
#3,117 most
frequent character
to sacrifice, to offer libation to

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

祀 has 礻, an ancestral tablet, as its meaning part, and 巳 sì for sound. It first meant 'to offer sacrifices to ancestors or gods,' then grew to 'to offer sacrifices' generally.

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Same Characters, Different Readings

祀sì
variant of 祀[si4]

Homophones

HSK 1
四sì
four, 4
寺sì
temple
似sì
to seem, to appear, to resemble
饲sì
to raise, to rear, to feed
食sì
to feed (a person or animal)

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