祝 – celebrate, congratulate

9 strokesTaught in grade 4#1184 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 祝 means celebrate, congratulate. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is シュク、シュウ (shuku, shuu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is いわ.う (iwau). It is written with 9 strokes, under radical 示 (no. 113).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	シュク	shuku
On’yomi	シュウ	shuu
Kun’yomi	いわ.う	iwau

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 示 (Kangxi radical 113). Components: 口・礼・儿.

Words using 祝

お祝いおいわいcongratulation祝いいわいcongratulation祝ういわうto celebrate祝日しゅくじつnational holiday祝賀しゅくがcelebration

Example sentences

私は彼の卒業祝いに電報を打った。

I wired him a message of congratulation on his graduation.

Tatoeba #153832

今年タイ航空は５０周年記念を祝います。

Thai Air celebrates its 50th anniversary this year.

Tatoeba #631762

その日は国会の法令によって祝日になった。

That day was made a holiday by an act of the diet.

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Kanji with the same radical

社示神福票禁祉祭礼祖祈禅禄

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