祝福

Chinese

		invoke; pray to; wish invoke; pray to; wish; to express good wishes	good fortune; happiness; luck good fortune; happiness; luck; Fujian province (abbrev.); surname
simp. and trad. (祝福)		祝	福

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhùfú

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˋ ㄈㄨˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zuk¹ fuk¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): zuuk² fuuk²

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chuk-fuk

  (Hailu, HRS): zhug fug

  (Meixian, Guangdong): zug⁵ fug⁵

• Eastern Min (BUC): cé̤ṳk-hók
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zoeh⁶ horh⁶ / zyoeh⁶ horh⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chiok-hok

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zog⁴ hog⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhùfú
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˋ ㄈㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhùfú
    • Wade–Giles: chu⁴-fu²
    • Yale: jù-fú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juhfwu
    • Palladius: чжуфу (čžufu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹ fu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zuk¹ fuk¹
    • Yale: jūk fūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzuk⁷ fuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: zug¹ fug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊk̚⁵ fʊk̚⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: zuuk² fuuk²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵk̚⁵⁵ fɵk̚⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chuk-fuk
    • Hakka Romanization System: zug^ˋ fug^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zug⁵ fug⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡suk̚² fuk̚²/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: zhug fug
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡ʃuk⁵⁻² fuk⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: zug⁵ fug⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʊk̚¹ fʊk̚¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cé̤ṳk-hók
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syʔ²⁴⁻⁵⁵ houʔ²⁴/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: zoeh⁶ horh⁶ [Phonetic: zoeh⁴ horh⁶]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ce̤h-ho̤h
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sœʔ²¹⁻⁴² hɒʔ²¹/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: zyoeh⁶ horh⁶ [Phonetic: zyoeh⁷ horh⁶]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syøʔ²⁻⁴ hɒʔ²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiok-hok
    • Tâi-lô: tsiok-hok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciokhog
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɔk̚³²⁻⁴ hɔk̚³²/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ hɔk̚⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɔk̚³²⁻⁵ hɔk̚³²/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɔk̚³²⁻⁴ hɔk̚³²/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɔk̚³²⁻⁴ hɔk̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zog⁴ hog⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsok hok
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sok̚²⁻⁴ hok̚²/

Verb

祝福

1. to wish well; to bless; to wish happiness to (to express good wishes for someone)

Synonyms

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• 敬祝 (jìngzhù) (honorific)
• 祈望 (qíwàng)
• 祈願 / 祈愿 (qíyuàn)
• 祝
• 祝頌 / 祝颂 (zhùsòng)
• 祝願 / 祝愿 (zhùyuàn)

Noun

祝福

1. blessing; benediction

   謝謝你的祝福！／谢谢你的祝福！  ―  Xièxiè nǐ de zhùfú!  ―  Thank you for your blessing!

2. new year's sacrifice

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (祝福):

• → Japanese: 祝福(しゅくふく) (shukufuku)
• → Korean: 축복(祝福) (chukbok)
• → Vietnamese: chúc phúc (祝福)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
祝	福
しゅく Grade: 4	ふく Grade: 3
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
祝福 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しゅくふく [shùkúfúkú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕɨ̥kɯ̟ɸɯ̟̊kɯ̟]

Noun

祝(しゅく)福(ふく) • (shukufuku) 

1. a celebration of happiness
2. a prayer for happiness
3. a blessing

   Synonym: 恵み

Verb

祝(しゅく)福(ふく)する • (shukufuku suru) transitive suru (stem 祝(しゅく)福(ふく)し (shukufuku shi), past 祝(しゅく)福(ふく)した (shukufuku shita))

1. to bless someone or something

Conjugation

Conjugation of "祝福する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	祝福し	しゅくふくし	shukufuku shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	祝福し	しゅくふくし	shukufuku shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	祝福する	しゅくふくする	shukufuku suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	祝福する	しゅくふくする	shukufuku suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	祝福すれ	しゅくふくすれ	shukufuku sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	祝福せよ¹ 祝福しろ²	しゅくふくせよ¹ しゅくふくしろ²	shukufuku seyo¹ shukufuku shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	祝福される	しゅくふくされる	shukufuku sareru
Causative	祝福させる 祝福さす	しゅくふくさせる しゅくふくさす	shukufuku saseru shukufuku sasu
Potential	祝福できる	しゅくふくできる	shukufuku dekiru
Volitional	祝福しよう	しゅくふくしよう	shukufuku shiyō
Negative	祝福しない	しゅくふくしない	shukufuku shinai
Negative continuative	祝福せず	しゅくふくせず	shukufuku sezu
Formal	祝福します	しゅくふくします	shukufuku shimasu
Perfective	祝福した	しゅくふくした	shukufuku shita
Conjunctive	祝福して	しゅくふくして	shukufuku shite
Hypothetical conditional	祝福すれば	しゅくふくすれば	shukufuku sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

See also

• 神聖(しんせい) (shinsei): holy, sacred, blessed

References

• “祝福”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
祝	福

Noun

祝福 • (chukbok) (hangeul 축복)

1. hanja form^? of 축복 (“blessing”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
祝	福

Verb

祝福

1. chữ Hán form of chúc phúc (“to bless”)