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祝
zhù
1. to wish
2. to express good wishes
3. to pray
4. (old) wizard
Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 10 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

祝
zhù
to pray; to wish well; surname
HSK 4 9 丶

Compound Words (20)

祝酒
zhùjiǔ
to toast
祝颂
zhùsòng
to express good wishes
祝愿
zhùyuàn
to wish
祝发
zhùfà
to cut one's hair (as part of a minority ritual or in order to become a monk)
祷祝
dǎozhù
to pray
预祝
yùzhù
to congratulate beforehand
敬祝
jìngzhù
to offer humbly (written at the end of letter from sb of lower status to higher status)
李祝
LǐZhù
Lizhu, personal name of twenty-first and last Tang emperor Aidi [[哀帝<Āidì>]] (892-908), reigned 904-907
蛊祝
gǔzhù
to curse sb
梁祝
LiángZhù
Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, pair of lovers in folk legend
庙祝
miàozhù
acolyte in charge of incense in a temple
祝寿
zhùshòu
to offer birthday congratulations (to an elderly person)
祝好
zhùhǎo
wish you all the best! (when signing off on a correspondence)
恭祝
gōngzhù
to congratulate respectfully
祝福
zhùfú
blessings
HSK 5
祝祷
zhùdǎo
to pray
祝融
Zhùróng
God of Fire
祝谢
zhùxiè
to give thanks
祝贺
zhùhè
to congratulate
HSK 4
庆祝
qìngzhù
to celebrate
HSK 5

Example Sentences (1)

看来你真的找到了适合你的人了。祝你们幸福！
Kànlái nǐ zhēn de zhǎo dào le shìhé nǐ de rén le. Zhù nǐmen xìngfú!
It seems you have really found the right person for you. Wishing you happiness!
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Alternate Entries

祝
Zhù
surname Zhu

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
1,650
Word Frequency Rank
1,023 of 84,292