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茱

zhū

Character

What 茱 means

1. used in {茱萸|zhū yú}

Example sentences

• 茱蒂看着我。
  Judy looked at me.
• 茱莉雅唱歌。
  Julia sings.
• 我在机场为茱莉送行。
  Wǒ zài jīchǎng wèi zhū lì sòngxíng.
  I saw Julie off at the airport.
• 所有的男生都被茱莉亚迷住了。
  Suǒyǒu de nánshēng dōu bèi Zhūlìyà mízhu le.
  All the boys fell in love with Julia.
• 茱莉的哥哥从意大利寄了一张圣诞贺卡给她。
  Zhū lì de gēge cóng Yìdàlì jì le yī zhāng Shèngdàn hèkǎ gěi tā.
  Julie received a Christmas card from her brother in Italy.

Words starting with 茱

• 茱莉雅Zhū lì yǎ(name) Julia
• 茱丽叶Zhū lì yèJuliet or Juliette (name)
• 茱萸zhū yúcornel (Cornus spp.)
• 茱莉雅·吉拉德Zhū lì yǎ Jí lā déJulia Gillard (1961–), Australian politician, prime minister 2010–2013
• 茱莉亚Zhū lì yàJulia (name)
• 茱莉娅Zhū lì yàJulia (name)

Words containing 茱

• 山茱萸shān zhū yúJapanese cornel (Cornus officinalis)

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
• 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 茱

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

• 果guǒfruit; result; resolute
• 采cǎito pick; to pluck; to collect
• 莱láiname of weed plant (fat hen, goosefoot, pigweed etc); Chenopodium album
• 栗lì(literary) cold; chilly; (bound form) to tremble with fear
• 茉mòused in 茉莉
• 莪ézedoary (Curcuma zedoaria), plant rhizome similar to turmeric

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
• 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