注 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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

shui, shuǐ

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

主 Sound component

zhǔ

master

Evolution

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

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