祝文

Chinese

		invoke; pray to; wish invoke; pray to; wish; to express good wishes	language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
simp. and trad. (祝文)		祝	文

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhùwén

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˋ ㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zuk¹ man⁴
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): zog⁴ bhung⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhùwén
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˋ ㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhùwún
    • Wade–Giles: chu⁴-wên²
    • Yale: jù-wén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juhwen
    • Palladius: чжувэнь (čžuvɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹ wən³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zuk¹ man⁴
    • Yale: jūk màhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzuk⁷ man⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zug¹ men⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊk̚⁵ mɐn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zog⁴ bhung⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsok bûng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sok̚²⁻⁴ buŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyuwk mjun

Rime
Character	祝	文
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	東 (4)	文 (59)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	之六切	無分切
Baxter	tsyuwk	mjun
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕɨuk̚/	/mɨun/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕiuk̚/	/miun/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕiuk̚/	/miuən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cuwk̚/	/mun/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiuk̚/	/miuən/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭuk̚/	/mĭuən/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯uk̚/	/mi̯uən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhu	wén
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zuk1	man4

Noun

祝文

1. (literary) sacrificial verses

Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
祝	文
しゅく Grade: 4	もん Grade: 1
goon

Alternative spelling
祝文 (kyūjitai)

Kanji in this term
祝	文
しゅく Grade: 4	ぶん Grade: 1
kan’on

Alternative spelling
祝文 (kyūjitai)

Ultimately from Middle Chinese 祝文 (MC tsyuwH|tsyuwk mjun).

First cited to 1722.

The shukubun reading appears to be more common.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しゅくぶん [shùkúbúń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕɨᵝkɯ̟ᵝbɯ̟̃ᵝɴ]

Noun

祝(しゅく)文(ぶん) • (shukubun)  (alternative reading hiragana しゅくもん, rōmaji shukumon)

1. [1722] a written prayer
2. [1921] a message of congratulations or celebration