GGood Chinese Name

Chinese surname · rank 140

祝

祝 is read as zhù.

Pinyin

zhù

Script forms

Simplified and traditional 祝

Basic meaning

pray; bless; ritual invocator

Five element

Fire

Origin

Time: Shang-Zhou ritual-official traditions; Shang-Zhou tradition, c. 1600-256 BCE

Place: Royal and state ritual offices across the central plains

Origin note

Zhu is a strong official-title surname layer. In early ritual language, zhu could mean a prayer or ritual invocator. Descendants connected with the office used Zhu as surname.

Historical figures

祝允明 (Zhu Yunming)

1460-1527 CE · Ming calligrapher

A Ming calligrapher and writer.

祝融 (Zhurong)

legendary antiquity · mythic fire figure

A legendary fire-associated figure in Chinese tradition.

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