Chinese Character Wiki
祝

zhù

pray for happiness or blessings

Depicts a kneeling person (卩) in front of a memorial tablet (礻) opening their mouth (口) to pray.

Components
礻 iconic component

礻  Iconic component

shì

  

show

礻 is a component form of 示. Depicts a memorial tablet used for spiritual rituals

口 iconic component

口  Iconic component

kǒu

  

mouth

Depicts a mouth open to pray.

卩 iconic component

卩  Iconic component

jié

  

person kneeling

Depicts a person kneeling.

Evolution

祝 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
祝 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
祝 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
祝 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
祝 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

祝  

zhù

pray for happiness or blessings; to wish; to express good wishes; to pray; (old) wizard

祝  

Zhù

surname Zhu

Most common words with 祝
Freq.
Word
Meaning

祝

to wish

庆祝

to celebrate

祝福

blessings

祝贺

to congratulate

祝愿

to wish

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[t]uk-s

tsyuwH

zhòu

to curse

*[t]uk

tsyuwk

zhù

pray, recite

*tuk

tsyuwk

zhù

cut off, break


Statistics

HSK level 3

Appears in 56.6875% of movies

713th most common character in movies

1651st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Unicode

U+795D

Shuowen

“祝，祭主贊詞者。从示，从人、口。一曰从兌省。《易》曰：‘兌，為口為巫。’”


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