漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
祝: celebrate, congratulate
JLPT N29 strokesGrade 4Your ink: 白 Not met
礻 carries the meaning · 兄 is drawn in
9 strokes
Small seal · Qin Today
Small seal: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Three readings, and the words that use each
シュクshuku · on'yomi · in compounds
- 祝賀会しゅくがかいcelebration
- 祝日しゅくじつnational holiday
- 祝福するしゅくふくするbless
- 祝賀しゅくがcelebration; congratulations
- 祝福しゅくふく
シュウshuu · on'yomi
- 御祝儀ごしゅうぎcongratulatory gift (money)
いわうiwau · kun'yomi · on its own
- 祝ういわうcelebrate
- 祝いいわいcongratulation; congratulations; celebration
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0 · JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“A blessing on the left! When the altar "steps aside" to the left, it brings the protection of the gods to the character.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
兄
Also built on elder brother (兄)
Also read シュク
6 kanji share this on'yomiEasy to confuse
The difference, side by side祝 celebrate · 兄
vs祐 help · 右In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · zhù
Same form: 祝 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 祝 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 祝 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin zhù most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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