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洙

zhū

Character

What 洙 means

1. name of a river

Other readings

洙 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Zhūsurname Zhu

Words containing 洙

• 韩昇洙Hán Shēng zhūHan Seung-soo (1936-), South Korean diplomat and politician, prime minister 2008-2009

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
• 株zhūtree trunk; stump (tree root); a plant
• 茱zhūused in 茱萸
• 铢zhūtwenty-fourth part of a tael (2 or 3 grams)
• 侏zhūdwarf
• 姝shūpretty woman

Characters that look like 洙

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

• 派pài(literary) tributary; branch of a river; clique; school; group; faction…
• 殊shū(literary) to kill; to behead; to sever; to separate; to surpass; (bound form) different…
• 珠zhūbead; pearl
• 悚sǒngfrightened
• 侏zhūdwarf
• 浊zhuóturbid; muddy; impure

Sounds the same

Read zhū, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 猪hog; pig; swine
• 诸all; various
• 珠bead; pearl
• 株tree trunk; stump (tree root); a plant
• 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
• 槠Quercus glanca
• 侏dwarf
• 潴pool; pond