懂中文 Dong Chinese

注

zhù

concentrate, pour into

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 主 represents the sound. In simplified Chinese 注 is also used to mean "register; comment", while in traditional Chinese this meaning is written with a separate character 註.

Components
氵 meaning component

氵  Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

  

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

主 sound component

主  Sound component

zhǔ

  

master

Evolution

注 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
注 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
注 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
注 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

注  

zhù

concentrate, focus, direct; to inject; to pour into; to concentrate; to pay attention; stake (gambling); classifier for sums of money; variant of 註|注[zhù]

注 (註) 

zhù

explain; annotate; make entry; to register; to annotate; note; comment

Most common words with 注
Freq.
Word
Meaning

注意

to take note of

关注

to pay attention to

注

to inject

注册

to register

注射

injection