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拄

zhǔ

HSK 6 Character

What 拄 means

1. to lean on
2. to prop on

Example sentences

• 他拄拐󠄆杖。
  He walks on crutches.
• 这个老人拄着一根拐杖走路。
  Zhège lǎorén zhǔ zhe yī gēn guǎizhàng zǒu lù.
  The old man walked with a stick.
• 一个拄着拐杖的年轻女孩问汤姆他住在哪里。
  Yī gè zhǔ zhe guǎizhàng de niánqīng nǚhái wèn Tāngmǔ tā zhù zài nǎlǐ.
  A young girl on crutches asked Tom where he lived.
• 自从我弄断了两条腿，我就拄着拐杖走路了。
  Zìcóng wǒ nòng duàn le liǎng tiáo tuǐ, wǒ jiù zhǔ zhe guǎizhàng zǒulù le.
  I'm on crutches since I broke both my legs.

Words starting with 拄

• 拄拐zhǔ guǎito be on crutches; to use a cane

Characters built on 主

These share the phonetic component 主 (zhǔ), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 注zhù(bound form) to pour into; to flow into; to inject…
• 住zhùto live; to reside; to stay; to stop; to cease…
• 驻zhùto halt; to stay; to be stationed (of troops, diplomats etc)
• 柱zhùpillar
• 蛀zhùtermite; to bore (of insects)
• 炷zhùwick of an oil lamp; to burn (incense etc); classifier for lit incense sticks
• 麈zhǔleader of herd; stag

Characters that look like 拄

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 拉lāto pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag
• 拍pāito pat; to clap; to slap
• 扭niǔto turn; to twist; to wring
• 牲shēngdomestic animal; sacrificial animal
• 拦lánto block sb's path; to obstruct; to flag down (a taxi)
• 拣jiǎnto choose; to pick; to sort out

Sounds the same

Read zhǔ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 主owner; master; host
• 煮to cook; to boil
• 嘱to enjoin; to implore; to urge
• 瞩to gaze at; to stare at
• 属to join together; to fix one's attention on; to concentrate on
• 渚islet; bank
• 丶"dot" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 3), aka 点
• 砫ancestral tablet
• 褚padding (in garment); to store up; pocket
• 麈leader of herd; stag
• 斸cut
• 𬣞wisdom