祝
zhùZhù HSK3

pray for happiness or blessings

祝 zhù frequency
wish verb
to express good wishes, blessings, or pray for someone's well-being

我祝你生日快乐。

wǒ zhù nǐ shēng​rì kuài​lè.

I wish you a happy birthday.

invoker verb
an official or person who invokes spirits and reads prayers during ancient sacrificial ceremonies

古代的祝在祭礼中负责朗读祭文。

gǔ​dài de zhù zài jì​lǐ zhōng fù​zé lǎng​dú jì​wén.

In ancient times, the invocator was responsible for reading sacrificial texts during rituals.

祝 Zhù
Zhu proper name
surname Zhu

祝先生是我的老师。

Zhù xiān​sheng shì wǒ de lǎo​shī.

Mr. Zhu is my teacher.

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,651st most common 57.6 per million
Movie subtitles
713th most common 182.1 per million appears in 57% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
123.3 per million appears in 38% of films
Written text
81.1 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 3
Strokes
9
Unicode
U+795D

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)