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杼

zhù

Character

What 杼 means

1. shuttle of a loom

Words containing 杼

• 机杼jī zhùa loom

Characters built on 予

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

• 预yùto advance; in advance; beforehand
• 序xù(bound form) order; sequence; (bound form) introductory; initial; preface
• 舒shūto stretch; to unfold; to relax
• 豫yùhappy; carefree; at one's ease
• 抒shūto express; to give expression to; variant of 纾
• 纾shūabundant; ample; at ease
• 妤yúused in 婕妤

Sounds the same

Read zhù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 住to live; to reside; to stay; to stop; to cease…
• 助to help; to assist
• 注(bound form) to pour into; to flow into; to inject…
• 祝to pray for; to wish (sb bon voyage, happy birthday etc)…
• 著to make known; to show; to prove
• 筑five-string lute; Taiwan pr. zhú
• 驻to halt; to stay; to be stationed (of troops, diplomats etc)
• 柱pillar
• 铸to cast or found metals
• 贮to store; to save; stockpile
• 蛀termite; to bore (of insects)
• 箸(literary) chopsticks