祝融

Chinese

		invoke; pray to; wish invoke; pray to; wish; to express good wishes	harmonious; melt; mild
simp. and trad. (祝融)		祝	融
alternative forms		祝誦／祝诵

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Zhùróng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˋ ㄖㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zuk¹ jung⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Chiok-iông

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Zhùróng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˋ ㄖㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jhùróng
    • Wade–Giles: Chu⁴-jung²
    • Yale: Jù-rúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Juhrong
    • Palladius: Чжужун (Čžužun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹ ʐʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zuk¹ jung⁴
    • Yale: jūk yùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzuk⁷ jung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zug¹ yung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊk̚⁵ jʊŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chiok-iông
    • Tâi-lô: Tsiok-iông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciok'ioong
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɔk̚³²⁻⁴ iɔŋ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɔk̚³²⁻⁴ iɔŋ²⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyuwk yuwng

Rime
Character	祝	融
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	屋 (4)	東 (2)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	之六切	以戎切
Baxter	tsyuwk	yuwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕɨuk̚/	/jɨuŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕiuk̚/	/jiuŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕiuk̚/	/iuŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cuwk̚/	/juwŋ/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiuk̚/	/iuŋ/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭuk̚/	/jĭuŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯uk̚/	/i̯uŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhu	yóng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zuk1	jung4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[t]uk  luŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*tjuɡs  luŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	祝	融
Reading #	2/3	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhù	róng
Middle Chinese	‹ tsyuwk ›	‹ yuwng ›
Old Chinese	/*[t]uk/	/*luŋ/ (? < *lum)
English	pray, recite	hot air, steam, heat
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	祝	融
Reading #	1/2	1/1
No.	17650	1509
Phonetic component	祝	蟲
Rime group	奧	終
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	呪	融
Old Chinese	/*tjuɡs/	/*luŋ/
Notes	見詩，說文作詶，後作呪

Proper noun

祝融

1. (Chinese mythology) Zhurong (a Chinese god of fire and of the south)

Derived terms

• 祝融峰
• 祝融氏

 

Noun

祝融

1. (figurative) fire, especially a destructive or disastrous one; conflagration

   慘遭祝融光顧／惨遭祝融光顾  ―  cǎnzāo zhùróng guānggù  ―  (of a shop) to be destroyed in a fire (literally, “to be visited by the fire god”)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
祝	融
しゅく Grade: 4	ゆう Grade: S
kan'on

Alternative spelling
祝融 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɕɨkɯ̟jɯ̟ː]

Proper noun

祝(しゅく)融(ゆう) • (Shukuyū) 

1. (Chinese mythology) Zhurong (a Chinese god of fire and of the south)

Korean

Hanja in this term
祝	融

Proper noun

祝融 • (Chugyung) (hangeul 축융)

1. hanja form^? of 축융 (“Zhurong”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
祝	融

Proper noun

祝融

1. chữ Hán form of Chúc Dung (“Zhurong”).