祝
zhùTraditional: 祝
#1255 of 5,000 Core 5000
Translation
to wish, to express good wishes
Word origin
Originally a person kneeling before an altar in prayer, with the spirit radical 礻on the left. From offering prayers it came to mean expressing good wishes.
- Origin
- associative compound
- Root
- 礻(spirit or altar) + 兄, a figure speaking in prayer
Stroke order
祝
Examples
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Happy birthday to you!
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I wish you a safe journey.
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Wishing everyone a happy new year.
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I wish you a speedy recovery.
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I wish you good luck in your exam.
祝 (zhù) means to wish or to express good wishes. It opens countless set phrases of congratulation and blessing.
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Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 祝.
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