祝

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

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

• 𠺷, 𣘌, 𨃷, 𤹙, 𡎺

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: 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

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		祝

Glyph origin

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

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 祝

1. to wish
2. to express good wishes
3. to pray for happiness or blessings
4. bless, boon, exalt(ing)
5. a spell, enchantment, ensorcellment
6. an incantation, mantra, chant
7. a surname

Compounds

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Shinjitai	祝
Kyūjitai

Kanji

祝

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. celebrate, congratulate
2. blessing

Readings

• 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)
• 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, McCune–Reischauer ch'uk, chu, Yale chwuk, cwu)

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Compounds

• 祝文 (축문)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 祝 (chúc, chóc, chọc, chốc, chuốc, dốc, gióc)

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