祝

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See also: ㈷ and ㊗

祝 U+795D, 祝
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-795D
← 祜
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 神 →

祝 U+FA51, 祝
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA51
← 祖
 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs 禍 →

Translingual

Stroke order
9 strokes

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

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

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 祝
alternative forms 𩚶
𥘱

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

Ideogram (指事) – a man kneeling with open mouth (兄) next to an altar (示).

Etymology

Perhaps related to 觸 (OC *tʰjoɡ, “to butt, knock against”); see there for more (STEDT).

Pronunciation 1

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
Baxter tsyuwk
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
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 		/*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. * 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

祝

  1. 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!
  2. (literary, or in compounds) to pray; to say prayers
    祝告  ―  zhùgào  ―  to pray
  3. (literary) words said in a prayer in a religious ceremony
  4. (literary) wizard; warlock; sorcerer
  5. (literary) temple attendant who burns joss sticks and candles
  6. (literary) to break off; to cut off; to sever
  7. a surname
    祝允明  ―  Zhù Yǔnmíng  ―  Zhu Yunming
Synonyms
  • (to offer good wishes):
  • (to pray): 祈福 (qífú)
  • (to break off):

Compounds

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (祝):
  • → Vietnamese: chúc (祝)

Pronunciation 2

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
Baxter tsyuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/t͡ɕɨuH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/t͡ɕiuH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/t͡ɕiəuH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/cuwH/
Li
Rong 		/t͡ɕiuH/
Wang
Li 		/t͡ɕĭəuH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/t͡ɕi̯ə̯uH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		zhòu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zau3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 祝
Reading # 1/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		zhòu
Middle
Chinese 		‹ tsyuwH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*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. * 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

祝

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

Japanese

Shinjitai 祝
Kyūjitai
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祝
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or
祝+&#xFE00;?
祝󠄀
祝+&#xE0100;?
(Adobe-Japan1)
祝󠄃
祝+&#xE0103;?
(Hanyo-Denshi)
(Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

祝

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 祝)

  1. celebrate, congratulate
  2. blessing

Readings

From Middle Chinese 祝 (MC tsyuwk):

  • Go-on: しゅく (shuku, Jōyō)
  • Kan-on: しゅく (shuku, Jōyō)

From Middle Chinese 祝 (MC tsyuwH):

From native Japanese roots:

Compounds

Prefix

祝(しゅく) • (shuku-) 

  1. celebration of …

References

  1. ^ “祝”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024
  2. ^ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 1555 (paper), page 829 (digital)

Korean

Hanja

祝 (eumhun 빌 축 (bil chuk))

  1. hanja form? of 축 (“wish; celebrating”)

Compounds

Vietnamese

Han character

祝: Hán Nôm readings: chúc, chóc, chọc, chốc, chuốc, dốc, gióc

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