What is the Kanji for "Celebrate"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Celebrate", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Celebrate" is "祝".

This kanji has 3 readings:

Its kunyomi reading is "Iwa".

Its onyomi readings are "Shuu" and "Shuku".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 2 parts:

The radical "礻" means "Cult" . And The kanji "兄" means "Older brother" and can be read as "Kei", "Kyou", "Ani", and "Nii".

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "祝" mean in japanese?

"祝" means "Celebrate".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Fourth Grade, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N2 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

祝日: "Holiday". The Japanese noun '祝日 (しゅくじつ)' means 'holiday'. This word refers to an official day of celebration or rest, such as a national holiday. It is commonly used to describe days when schools, businesses, and government offices are closed, and people have the day off work. For example: Today is a national holiday - (今日は祝日です). We have a holiday on Monday - (月曜日は祝日です).

お祝い: "Celebration". The Japanese verbal noun 'お祝い (おいわい)' means 'celebration'. It refers to events or ceremonies held to mark a special occasion, such as a birthday, wedding, or the opening of a new business. It implies an atmosphere of joy and festivity. For example: We had a big celebration for my birthday - (私の誕生日にはお祝いを大きく行いました). Let's have a celebration for our new store opening - (新しい店の開店でお祝いをしましょう).

祝う: "Celebrate". The verb '祝う (いわう)' means 'to celebrate'. It is used to express the act of commemorating a special occasion, event, or achievement. For example: We will celebrate the wedding - (私たちは結婚式を祝うつもりです). We celebrated his birthday - (彼の誕生日を祝いました).

祝い: "Celebration". The noun '祝い (いわい)' means 'celebration'. This word refers to a festive occasion, a joyous event, or a ceremonial observance. It can be used to describe things like birthday parties, weddings, festivals, or other special events that are marked with festivities. For example: The wedding celebration was beautiful - (結婚式の祝いは素晴らしかった). Let's have a celebration for your promotion - (あなたの昇進を祝おう).

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "し" is read as "shi". The hiragana "う" is read as "u". The hiragana "く" is read as "ku". The hiragana "い" is read as "i". And The hiragana "わ" is read as "wa".

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.