zhù
drum
Pictograph of a drum standing upright with a decoration on top.
Evolution

Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernComponent uses
Meaning component in 1 character (1 verified)
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*t<r>oʔ-s | trjuH | zhǔ | stand for musical instruments |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 9 |
Unicode | U+58F4 |
Shuowen | “壴,陳樂立而上見也。从屮,从豆。” |
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