Character: 祝
Modern (Beijing) reading: zhù
Preclassic Old Chinese: tuk
Classic Old Chinese: tuk
Western Han Chinese: tǝuk
Eastern Han Chinese: ćǝuk
Early Postclassic Chinese: ćɨuk
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ćuk
Late Postclassic Chinese: ćuk
Middle Chinese: ćük
English meaning : prayer; invoker
Russian meaning[s]: 1) молить; молиться; 2) поздравлять, желать счастья; 3) отрезать; 4) Чжу (фамилия); [zhòu] проклинать, см. 咒
Comments: Also used for a homonymous *tuk 'to attach'; read as well as *tuks, MC ćǝ̀w, Mand. zhòu 'to curse'.
Radical: 113
Four-angle index: 7376
Karlgren code: 1025 a-e
Shijing occurrences: 53.3_
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