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蛛

zhū

Character

What 蛛 means

1. bound formspider

Example sentences

• 我怕蜘蛛。
  I'm afraid of spiders.
• 汤姆恨蜘蛛。
  Tom hates spiders.
• 我真怕蜘蛛。
  I'm really scared of spiders.
• 蜘蛛吃什么？
  What do spiders eat?
• 蜘蛛喜欢织网。
  Spiders like to build spiderwebs.
• 墙上有只蜘蛛。
  There's a spider on the wall.

Words starting with 蛛

• 蛛丝马迹zhū sī mǎ jìlit. spider's thread and horse track; tiny hints (of a secret); traces
• 蛛网zhū wǎngspider web; cobweb
• 蛛蛛zhū zhu(colloquial) spider
• 蛛形纲zhū xíng gāngArachnids (class of arthropods)

Words containing 蛛

• 蜘蛛zhī zhūspider
• 蜘蛛网zhī zhū wǎngcobweb; spider web
• 狼蛛láng zhūwolf spider
• 盲蛛máng zhūharvestmen (arachnids of the order Opiliones)
• 跳蛛tiào zhūjumping spider; salticid (family Salticidae)
• 鼠蛛shǔ zhūmouse spider (genus Missulena)
• 捕鸟蛛bǔ niǎo zhūtarantula
• 纹背捕蛛鸟wén bèi bǔ zhū niǎo(bird species of China) streaked spiderhunter (Arachnothera magna)
• 长嘴捕蛛鸟cháng zuǐ bǔ zhū niǎo(bird species of China) little spiderhunter (Arachnothera longirostra)
• 盲蜘蛛máng zhī zhūharvestman (arachnid of the order Opiliones)
• 蜘蛛侠Zhī zhū xiáSpider-Man, comic book superhero
• 蜘蛛类zhī zhū lèiarachnid
• 红背蜘蛛hóng bèi zhī zhūredback spider
• 蜘蛛星云Zhī zhū Xīng yúnTarantula Nebula
• 蜘蛛痣zhī zhū zhìarterial spider
• 蜘蛛人zhī zhū rén(colloquial) rope access technician; industrial climber; (esp.) high-rise window washer

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
• 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
• 洙zhūname of a river

Characters that look like 蛛

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

• 嫉jíjealousy; to be jealous of
• 眯míto blind (as with dust); Taiwan pr. mǐ
• 婉wǎngraceful; tactful
• 楠nánMachilus nanmu; Chinese cedar; Chinese giant redwood
• 敝bìmy (polite); poor; ruined
• 眭suīto have a deep or piercing gaze

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)
• 洙name of a river
• 槠Quercus glanca
• 侏dwarf
• 潴pool; pond