zhù
reside
Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 主 represents the sound.
Definitions
zhù
reside, live at, dwell, lodge; stop; to live; to dwell; to stay; to reside; to stop; (suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*dro(ʔ)-s | drjuH | zhù | stop (v.) |
Statistics
HSK level 1
Appears in 95.5790% of movies
215th most common character in movies
309th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 7 |
Unicode | U+4F4F |
Sources
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