— altar/spirit (left form), shimesuhen (grapheme component)

altar/spirit (left form), shimesuhen
Component 4 strokes U+793B

Four-stroke altar form. Left-side variant of 示 used as a hen radical, called しめすへん (shimesuhen). Marks kanji related to ritual, deities, and ceremony. Component of 社 (shrine), 神 (god), 福 (fortune), 礼 (salute), 祝 (celebrate), 祖 (ancestor), 視 (inspection), 祉 (welfare). Variant of Kangxi radical 113 (示). Distinguished from 衤 (clothing) by having one fewer stroke.

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