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祝融 (Zhù róng): meaning and stroke order

祝融 (Zhù róng) means Zhurong, god of fire in Chinese mythology.

祝融

Simplified
祝融
Traditional
祝融 (same form)
Pinyin
Zhù róng

Stroke order of 祝融

祝

  • Zhù surname Zhu
  • zhù to pray for; to wish (sb bon voyage, happy birthday etc)
  • 9 strokes

Stroke by stroke

融

  • róng to melt; to thaw
  • róng old variant of 融[rong2]
  • 16 strokes
  • Traditional form: 螎

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 祝融

  1. Zhù róng
    • Zhurong, god of fire in Chinese mythology

Radicals of the characters

祝
Radical 示 (Kangxi radical 113) · 10 strokes · 礻 on the left, 兄 on the right
融
Radical 虫 (Kangxi radical 142) · 16 strokes · 鬲 on the left, 虫 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

祝融 in our stories

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  • 传说远古时代,水神共工和火神祝融一直不和,为了争天下的统治权,两人打了起来。

    chuánshuō yuǎngǔ shídài shuǐshén Gònggōng hé huǒshén Zhùróng yìzhí bù hé wèile zhēng tiānxià de tǒngzhìquán liǎng rén dǎ le qǐlai

    Legend says that in remote antiquity the water god Gonggong and the fire god Zhurong were forever at odds, and they went to war for rule over the world.

    From the story Nüwa mends the sky HSK 7–9 · Level 7

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).