祝

Stroke order

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))

• 𠺷, 𣘌, 𰳓, 𨃷, 𱾋, 𤹙, 𡎺

• 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

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

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

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

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

• (to offer good wishes):

• (to pray): 祈福 (qífú)
• (to break off):

祝

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

Shinjitai	祝
Kyūjitai [1][2]	祝 祝 or 祝+︀?
	祝󠄀 祝+󠄀? (Adobe-Japan1)
	祝󠄃 祝+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 祝)

1. celebrate, congratulate
2. blessing

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):

• Go-on: しゅ (shu)
• Kan-on: しゅう (shū, Jōyō ^†)^{←しう (siu, historical)}

From native Japanese roots:

• Kun: いわう (iwau, 祝う, Jōyō)^{←いはふ (ifafu, 祝ふ, historical)}、のりと (norito, 祝)、はふり (hafuri, 祝)^{←はふり (fafuri, 祝, historical)}、ほうり (hōri, 祝)^{←はふり (fafuri, 祝, historical)}、ほがう (hogau, 祝う)^{←ほがふ (fogafu, 祝ふ, historical)}、ほぐ (hogu, 祝ぐ)
• Nanori: い (i)、いわい (iwai)、とき (toki)、のり (nori)、のりと (norito)、はじめ (hajime)、ほう (hō)、ほぎ (hogi)、ゆわい (yuwai)、よし (yoshi)

• 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)

祝(しゅく) • (shuku-) 

1. celebration of …

祝 (eumhun 빌 축 (bil chuk))

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

• 祝文 (축문)
• 祝賀 (축하)

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

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