祝

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

祝 (radical 113 示+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 戈火口竹山 (IFRHU), four-corner 3621₀)

1. pray for happiness or blessings
2. bless, boon, exalt(ing)
3. a spell, enchantment, ensorcellment
4. an incantation, mantra, chant

References

• KangXi: page 842, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24672
• Dae Jaweon: page 1260, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2393, character 1
• Unihan data for U+795D

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		祝

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhù (zhu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zuk¹, zau³
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ):
• Min Nan (POJ): chiok

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhù
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˋ
    • Wade-Giles: chu⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juh
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zuk¹, zau³
    • Yale: jūk, jau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzuk⁷, dzau³
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊk̚⁵/, /t͡sɐu̯³³/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ:
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiok
    • Tâi-lô: tsiok
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɔk̚³²/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (祝, reconstructed)
Character (祝), Pronunciation 1/2
Initial: 章 (23) Final: 尤 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 職救切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/t͡ɕɨuH/	/t͡ɕi̯ə̯uH/	/t͡ɕiuH/	/t͡ɕiuH/	/cuwH/	/t͡ɕĭəuH/	/t͡ɕiəuH/
Character (祝), Pronunciation 2/2
Initial: 章 (23) Final: 屋 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Checked (Ø)			Fanqie: 之六切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/t͡ɕɨuk̚/	/t͡ɕi̯uk̚/	/t͡ɕiuk̚/	/t͡ɕiuk̚/	/cuwk̚/	/t͡ɕĭuk̚/	/t͡ɕiuk̚/

Old Chinese pronunciation (祝, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
祝								zhòu								‹ tsyuwH ›								/*[t]uk-s/								to curse
祝								zhù								‹ tsyuwk ›								/*[t]uk/								pray, recite
祝								zhù								‹ tsyuwk ›								/*tuk/								cut off, break
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
祝					17650					祝					奧					1					呪					/*tjuɡs/					見詩，說文作詶，後作呪
祝					17653					祝					覺					1					粥					/*tjuɡ/

Definitions

祝

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Japanese

Kanji

祝

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. celebrate, congratulate
2. blessing

Readings

• Goon: しゅ (shu), しゅく (shuku)
• Kan’on: しゅう (shū), しゅく (shuku)
• Kun: いわう (祝う, iwau)
• Nanori: のりと (norito), のり (nori), ほぎ (hogi), ゆわい (yuwai)

Compounds

• 祝福 (しゅくふく, shukufuku): a blessing
• 祝印 (しゅういん, shūin): a blessed seal or stamp

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Korean

Hanja

祝 (chuk, ju) (hangeul 축, 주, revised chuk, ju, McCune-Reischauer ch'uk, chu, Yale chwuk, cwu)

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Compounds

• 祝文 (祝문 (祝mun), shūmun)

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Vietnamese

Han character

祝 (chúc, chóc, chọc, chốc, chuốc, dốc, gióc)

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