祝

祝	U+795D, 祝 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-795D

祝	U+FA51, 祝 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA51

← 祖
[U+FA50]

CJK Compatibility Ideographs

禍 →
[U+FA52]

Translingual[edit]

Stroke order

Han character[edit]

祝 (Kangxi radical 113, 示+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 戈火口竹山 (IFRHU), four-corner 3621₀, composition ⿰礻兄(GHTJV) or ⿰示兄(K or U+FA51))

Derived characters[edit]

𠺷, 𣘌, 𨃷, 𤹙, 𡎺

References[edit]

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

Unihan data for U+FA51

Chinese[edit]

simp. and trad.		祝

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character 祝
Shang	Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (祝) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
祝	tjuɡs, tjuɡ
呪	*tjus
咒	*tjus
柷	tjuɡ, tʰjuɡ

Pronunciation 1[edit]

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhù (zhu⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˋ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): zuk¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): zuuk²
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chuk

(Meixian, Guangdong): zug⁵
Min Bei (KCR): cṳ̆
Min Dong (BUC): cé̤ṳk
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): chiok

(Teochew, Peng'im): zog⁴
Wu (Wiktionary): tsoq (T4)
Xiang (Wiktionary): zhou⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhù
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juh
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhù
  - Wade–Giles: chu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zuk¹
  - Yale: jūk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzuk⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: zug¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊk̚⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: zuuk²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵk̚⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chuk
  - Hakka Romanization System: zug`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zug⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡suk̚²/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: zug⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʊk̚¹/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: cṳ̆
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sy²⁴/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: cé̤ṳk
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡søyʔ²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiok
  - Tâi-lô: tsiok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciog
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɔk̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɔk̚³²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zog⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsok
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sok̚²/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: tsoq (T4)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊʔ⁵⁵/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: zhou⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /ʈ͡ʂəu²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /t͡səu²⁴/

Middle Chinese: /t͡ɕɨuk̚/

Rime
Character	祝
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	屋 (4)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	之六切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕɨuk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕiuk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕiuk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cuwk̚/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiuk̚/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭuk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯uk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zuk¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[t]uk/, /*tuk/

(Zhengzhang): /*tjuɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	祝	祝
Reading #	2/3	3/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhù	zhù
Middle Chinese	‹ tsyuwk ›	‹ tsyuwk ›
Old Chinese	/*[t]uk/	/*tuk/
English	pray, recite	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	祝
Reading #	2/2
No.	17653
Phonetic component	祝
Rime group	覺
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	粥
Old Chinese	/*tjuɡ/

Definitions[edit]

祝

to offer good wishes
祝你身體健康！ / 祝你身体健康！ ― Zhù nǐ shēntǐ jiànkāng! ― I wish you good health!
to pray; to say prayers
祝告 ― zhùgào ― to pray
(Classical Chinese) words said in a prayer in a religious ceremony
A surname.
祝允明 ― Zhù Yǔnmíng ― Zhu Yunming

Compounds[edit]

Derived terms from 祝

祝史
祝告 (zhùgào)
祝嘏
祝壽／祝寿 (zhùshòu)
祝壽延年／祝寿延年
祝巫
祝文 (zhùwén)
祝版
祝犁
祝由科
祝福 (zhùfú)
祝禱／祝祷 (zhùdǎo)
祝網／祝网
祝聖／祝圣 (zhùshèng)

祝英臺／祝英台
祝融 (Zhùróng)
祝詞／祝词 (zhùcí)
祝讚／祝赞
祝賀／祝贺 (zhùhè)
祝釐
祝願／祝愿 (zhùyuàn)
祝髮／祝发
禱祝／祷祝 (dǎozhù)
華封三祝／华封三祝
華祝三多／华祝三多
詛祝／诅祝
預祝／预祝 (yùzhù)
馨香禱祝／馨香祷祝

Pronunciation 2[edit]

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhòu (zhou⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zau³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄡˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jow
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhòu
  - Wade–Giles: chou⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zau³
  - Yale: jau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzau³
  - Guangdong Romanization: zeo³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐu̯³³/

Middle Chinese: /t͡ɕɨu^H/

Rime
Character	祝
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	職救切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕɨu^H/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕiu^H/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕiəu^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cuw^H/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiu^H/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭəu^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯ə̯u^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhòu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zau³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[t]uk-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*tjuɡs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	祝
Reading #	1/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhòu
Middle Chinese	‹ tsyuw^H ›
Old Chinese	/*[t]uk-s/
English	to curse
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	祝
Reading #	1/2
No.	17650
Phonetic component	祝
Rime group	奧
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	呪
Old Chinese	/*tjuɡs/
Notes	見詩，說文作詶，後作呪

Definitions[edit]

祝

Alternative form of 咒 (zhòu, “to curse”).

Japanese[edit]

Shinjitai	祝
Kyūjitai	祝

Kanji[edit]

祝

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 祝)

Readings[edit]

Go-on: しゅ (shu); しゅく (shuku, Jōyō)
Kan-on: しゅう (shū, Jōyō ^†); しゅく (shuku, Jōyō)
Kun: いわう (iwau, 祝う, Jōyō); ほうり (hōri, 祝)^{←はふり (fafuri, historical)}; はふり (hafuri, 祝)^{←はふり (fafuri, historical)}
Nanori: のりと (norito); のり (nori); ほぎ (hogi); ゆわい (yuwai)

Compounds[edit]

祝福(しゅくふく) (shukufuku): a blessing
祝印(しゅういん) (shūin): a blessed seal or stamp
祝日(しゅくじつ) (shukujitsu)

Prefix[edit]

祝(しゅく) • (shuku-)

celebration of …

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

祝 (eumhun 빌 축 (bil chuk))

Hanja form^? of 축 (“wish; celebrating”).

Compounds[edit]

祝文 (축문)
祝賀 (축하)