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

祝

  • Meaning

    祝 means "to celebrate, to congratulate." Also associated with to 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.

  • Words using 祝

    • 祝い いわい Listen congratulation; congratulations; celebration
    • 祝日 しゅくじつ Listen national holiday; public holiday
    • 祝賀 しゅくが Listen celebration; congratulations
    • 祝福 しゅくふく Listen celebration (of a joyous occasion); blessing; giving one's blessing
    • 祝辞 しゅくじ Listen congratulatory address
    • 祝う いわう Listen to celebrate; to congratulate; to observe (a festival)
    • 祝儀 しゅうぎ Listen celebration; celebratory event; wedding ceremony
    • 祝電 しゅくでん Listen congratulatory telegram

  • Origin of 祝

    The altar radical 礻 beside 兄, an elder brother kneeling to pray: the family's celebrant speaking blessings before the gods. To celebrate is to say the sacred words aloud.

    How to remember it: The elder 兄 kneeling at the altar 礻 to speak the blessing — to celebrate.

    Sources: en.wiktionary.org · mojinavi.com

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    • Verified meaning: to celebrate, to congratulate
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read いわい, いわう, いわえ, いわお)
    • Also carries these associations: to bless

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 祝

    Given names 祝(いわい)Listen 祝(いわえ)Listen 祝(しゅく)Listen 祝(はじめ)Listen 祝(はふり)Listen

    Surnames 祝(いわう)Listen 祝(いわお)Listen 祝(おほり)Listen 祝(しゅう)Listen 祝(つう)Listen 祝(のり)Listen 祝(のりと)Listen

  • 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.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    shuku(シュク) シュク

    shuu(シュウ) シュウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    iwau(いわ-う) いわ-う

  • Strokes

    tip

    9 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    示 礻 (shimesu・shimesuhen)

  • Related Keywords

    celebrate congratulate bless prayer priest ceremony cheer commemorate festivity happiness honor rejoice salute invoke

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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