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铢

zhū

Character Traditional 銖

What 铢 means

1. twenty-fourth part of a tael (2 or 3 grams)

Words containing 铢

• 泰铢Tài zhūThai baht
• 锱铢必较zī zhū bì jiàoto haggle over every cent (idiom)

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
• 侏zhūdwarf
• 姝shūpretty woman
• 洙zhūname of a river

Characters that look like 铢

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

• 铁tiěiron (metal); arms; weapons
• 锈xiùto rust
• 株zhūtree trunk; stump (tree root); a plant
• 辍chuòto stop (before completion); to cease; to suspend
• 铼láirhenium (chemistry)
• 铱yīiridium (chemistry)

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
• 蛛(bound form) spider
• 洙name of a river
• 槠Quercus glanca
• 侏dwarf
• 潴pool; pond