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株

zhū

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 character level 6 Character

株 (zhū) means "tree trunk". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 株 means

1. tree trunk
2. stump (tree root)
3. a plant
4. classifier for trees or plants
5. strain (biology)
6. to involve others (in shady business)

Example sentences

• 植物园内种植了 450 多株杜鹃花，还有枫树、美国榆树和铁杉等树木，用于景观美化。
  The arboretum includes more than 450 azaleas for landscaping, but also trees like maples, American elms, and hemlocks.

Words starting with 株

• 株连zhū liánto involve others (in a crime); guilt by association
• 株守zhū shǒuto stick to sth stubbornly; never let go
• 株治zhū zhìto involve others (in a law case)
• 株距zhū jùspacing; distance between plants (within a row)
• 株洲市Zhū zhōu ShìZhuzhou, prefecture-level city in Hunan Province 湖南省
• 株式会社zhū shì huì shèJapanese limited company; corporation; public company
• 株洲Zhū zhōusee 株洲市

Words containing 株

• 守株待兔shǒu zhū dài tùlit. to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits (idiom); to wait idly for opportunities…
• 植株zhí zhū(agriculture) plant
• 残株cán zhūstubble
• 毒株dú zhū(virus) strain
• 病株bìng zhūdiseased or infected plant
• 流行株liú xíng zhūepidemic strain
• 突变株tū biàn zhūmutant; mutant strain (of virus)
• 变异株biàn yì zhūvariant; variant strain (of virus)
• 异株荨麻yì zhū qián mácommon nettle (Urtica dioica)
• 守株待兔，缘木求鱼shǒu zhū dài tù , yuán mù qiú yúto guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish (idiom)…
• 守株缘木shǒu zhū yuán mùabbr. for 守株待兔，守株待兔，缘木求鱼

Characters built on 朱

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

• 殊shū(literary) to kill; to behead; to sever; to separate; to surpass; (bound form) different…
• 珠zhūbead; pearl
• 蛛zhū(bound form) spider
• 茱zhūused in 茱萸
• 铢zhūtwenty-fourth part of a tael (2 or 3 grams)
• 侏zhūdwarf
• 姝shūpretty woman
• 洙zhūname of a river

Characters that look like 株

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

• 根gēnroot; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings
• 珠zhūbead; pearl
• 牲shēngdomestic animal; sacrificial animal
• 娠shēnpregnant
• 铢zhūtwenty-fourth part of a tael (2 or 3 grams)
• 姝shūpretty woman

Sounds the same

Read zhū, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 猪hog; pig; swine
• 诸all; various
• 珠bead; pearl
• 朱vermilion
• 诛to put (a criminal) to death; to punish
• 茱used in 茱萸
• 铢twenty-fourth part of a tael (2 or 3 grams)
• 蛛(bound form) spider
• 洙name of a river
• 槠Quercus glanca
• 侏dwarf
• 潴pool; pond

Where 株 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · zhōu–zhū (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zhū correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.