祚

Information about character(s)

Radical: 示
Radical Strokes: 5
Additional Strokes: 5
Total Strokes: 9

Pronunciation

Pinyin: zuò
Cantonese: zou6
JapaneseKun: SAIWAI
JapaneseOn: SO
Korean: CO
Vietnamese: tộ

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: throne; bless; blessing, happiness

CE-Dict: blessing/the throne

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.[Formal] good fortune of a nation
2.[Formal] a year (in dating)

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《示部》祚福也。从示乍聲。

康熙字典文字版 【午集下】【示字部】祚
【廣韻】昨誤切【集韻】【韻會】存故切【正韻】靖故切，𠀤音胙。福也，祿也，位也。【詩·大雅】永錫祚胤。【註】祚，福祚。【左傳·宣三年】天祚明德。　又歲也。【曹植·元會詩】初歲元祚。【晉書·王沉傳】彈琴詠典，以保年祚。

Han-De-Dict: Segen, verletzend (u.E.) (S)/Zuo (u.E.) (Eig, Fam)