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诛

zhū

Character Traditional 誅

What 诛 means

1. to put (a criminal) to death
2. to punish

Words starting with 诛

• 诛心zhū xīnto criticize sb for what one believes to be their ulterior motive
• 诛戮zhū lùto put to death
• 诛杀zhū shāto kill; to murder
• 诛求zhū qiúexorbitant demands; demanding with menaces; extortion
• 诛流zhū liúto kill and banish
• 诛灭zhū mièto wipe out; to exterminate
• 诛锄zhū chúto uproot; to eradicate (traitors)
• 诛除zhū chúto wipe out; to exterminate
• 诛心之论zhū xīn zhī lùna devastating criticism; to expose hidden motives
• 诛暴讨逆zhū bào tǎo nìto wipe out the villains (e.g. insurgents, or people of another race)
• 诛求无厌zhū qiú wú yàn(idiom) to relentlessly make excessive demands
• 诛求无已zhū qiú wú yǐto make endless exorbitant demands
• 诛尽杀绝zhū jìn shā juéto wipe out; to exterminate
• 诛锄异己zhū chú yì jǐto wipe out dissenters; to exterminate those who disagree
• 诛九族zhū jiǔ zúto execute all of sb's relatives (as punishment) (old)

Words containing 诛

• 伏诛fú zhūto be executed
• 天诛tiān zhūheavenly punishment; king's punishment
• 孙诛Sūn ZhūSun Zhu (1711-1778), poet and compiler of Three Hundred Tang Poems 唐诗三百首…
• 族诛zú zhūto execute all of sb's relatives (as punishment) (old)
• 口诛笔伐kǒu zhū bǐ fáto condemn in speech and in writing (idiom); to denounce by word and pen
• 斧钺之诛fǔ yuè zhī zhūto die by battle-ax (idiom); to be executed
• 人不为己，天诛地灭rén bù wèi jǐ , tiān zhū dì mièLook out for yourself, or heaven and earth will combine to destroy you.…
• 窃国者侯，窃钩者诛qiè guó zhě hóu , qiè gōu zhě zhūsteal the whole country and they make you a prince, steal a hook and they hang you…
• 窃钩者诛，窃国者侯qiè gōu zhě zhū , qiè guó zhě hóusteal a hook and they hang you, steal the whole country and they make you a prince…

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 诛

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

• 选xuǎnto choose; to pick; to select
• 恒héngpermanent; constant; fixed
• 垛duǒbattlement; target
• 侏zhūdwarf
• 姝shūpretty woman
• 洙zhūname of a river

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
• 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