zhū
precious stone
Phonosemantic compound. 王 represents the meaning and 朱 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Wu (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 珠
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
pearls | ||
bead | ||
pearl | ||
Zhuhai prefecture level city in Guangdong province 廣東省|广东省[Guǎngdōngshěng] in south China | ||
pearl |
Statistics
HSK level 5
Appears in 12.4299% of movies
1511th most common character in movies
1286th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 10 |
Unicode | U+73E0 |
Shuowen | “珠，蚌之陰精。从玉，朱聲。《春秋國語》曰：‘珠以禦火灾。’是也。” |
Sources
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