祝
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to pray for; to wish (sb bon voyage, happy birthday etc); person who invokes the spirits during sacrificial ceremonies
- HSK 3.0
- Level 3
- Old HSK
- Level 4
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 示 +5
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 祝
- Common rank
- #1,894
- Unicode
- U+795D
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Formation & memory
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How to remember it
wish well · Heisig RSH #2162
altar + teenager
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 祝
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 天祝藏族自治县 | Tianzhu Tibetan Autonomous County, in Wuwei City 武威市[Wu3 wei1 Shi4], Gansu | |
| 天祝县 | see 天祝藏族自治縣|天祝藏族自治县[Tian1 zhu4 Zang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4] | |
| 梁山伯与祝英台 | The Butterfly Lovers, Chinese folktale of the tragic love between Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yin… | |
| 祝酒词 | short speech given in proposing a toast | |
| 天祝 | see 天祝藏族自治縣|天祝藏族自治县[Tian1 zhu4 Zang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4] | |
| 祝发 | to cut one's hair (as part of a minority ritual or in order to become a monk) | |
| 庆祝会 | celebration | |
| 祝酒辞 | short speech given in proposing a toast | |
| 祝好 | wish you all the best! (when signing off on a correspondence) | |
| 祝酒 | to drink a toast | |
| 祝融号 | the "Zhurong" Chinese Mars rover, landed on the planet in 2021 | |
| 祝枝山 | Zhu Zhishan (1460-1526), Ming calligrapher and poet, one of Four great southern talents of… | |
| 祝福 | blessings; to wish sb well | |
| 李祝 | Lizhu, personal name of twenty-first and last Tang emperor Aidi 哀帝[Ai1 di4] (892-908), rei… | |
| 祝贺词 | congratulatory speech | |
| 祝寿 | to offer birthday congratulations (to an elderly person) | |
| 预祝 | to wish sb (success, bon voyage etc) | |
| 梁祝 | The Butterfly Lovers, a Chinese folktale (abbr. for 梁山伯與祝英台|梁山伯与祝英台[Liang2 Shan1 bo2 yu3 Z… | |
| 祝谢 | to give thanks | |
| 庆祝 | to celebrate |