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Kanji Detail for 祝 - "celebrate, congratulate, bless"

祝

  • Meaning

    祝 means "celebrate, congratulate, bless."

    1. Celebrate - To honor with festivities; to mark joyous occasions.

    2. Congratulate - To express good wishes; to felicitate.

    3. Bless - To wish happiness upon; to invoke divine favor.

    4. Priest - One who serves the gods; a shrine attendant.

    5. Prayer - Words addressed to deities; ceremonial invocation.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    celebrate; congratulate

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    pray for happiness or blessings

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Zhu

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to pray; to wish well; surname

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Telling the spirits with words. One who prays for blessings on behalf of the host. Anciently there was this official title. Today also those who handle incense at temples are called 廟祝. | All prayers for people are called 祝. Such as 祝壽 (birthday wishes), 祝賀 (congratulations). | To cut. Cutting hair is called 祝髮. Seen in (Guliang Commentary). Today calling becoming a monk or nun 祝髮 originates from this.
  • Onyomitip

    shuku(シュク) シュク

    shuu(シュウ) シュウ

  • Kunyomitip

    iwau(いわ-う) いわ-う

  • Strokestip

    9 strokes

  • Radicaltip

    示 礻 (shimesu・shimesuhen)

  • Related Keywords
    celebrate congratulate bless felicitate honor festival ceremony joy happiness priest prayer invocation toast commemorate festive joyous auspicious wish greeting sacred

Sentences including 祝

  • I congratulate you on your success.

  • He congratulated me on my success.

  • My friends congratulated me on my success.

  • We celebrated his birthday.

  • I congratulated her on her success in the examination.

  • I congratulate you on your success.

  • I could not attend the ceremony.

  • I congratulate you on your success.

  • What will you give me at my wedding?

  • We congratulated him on his success.

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