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祝 — 9 strokes ／ Radical「礻」

道
7Elementary year 4 ／ 9 strokes ／ Radical「礻」
On
シュク・シュウしゅく・しゅう · shuku · shū
Kun
いわ(う)iwa(u)
Meaning
celebrate, congratulate

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A person praying with an open mouth (兄) before an altar (示), meaning to celebrate and pray.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onシュクしゅくshuku祝賀しゅくが祝日しゅくじつ慶祝けいしゅく
Onシュウしゅうshū祝儀しゅうぎ祝言しゅうげん
Kunいわうiwau祝ういわう

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 祝日しゅくじつ

    national holiday

  • 祝福しゅくふく

    blessing

More words with this kanji

  • 祝賀しゅくが
  • 祝宴しゅくえん
  • 慶祝けいしゅく
  • 祝盃しゅくはい
  • 祝いの筵いわいのむしろ

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

家族(かぞく)で兄(あに)の生日(うまれび)を祝(いわ)いました。

The family celebrated the elder brother’s birthday.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

祝日祝福祝日sun福good…礼courte…社shrine祈pray祉welfar…神god周circum…収to tak…什utensi…囚impris…舟boat
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Compound

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Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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