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麈

zhǔ

Character

What 麈 means

1. leader of herd
2. stag

Words containing 麈

• 挥麈huī zhǔto brandish

Characters built on 主

These share the phonetic component 主 (zhǔ), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 注zhù(bound form) to pour into; to flow into; to inject…
• 住zhùto live; to reside; to stay; to stop; to cease…
• 驻zhùto halt; to stay; to be stationed (of troops, diplomats etc)
• 柱zhùpillar
• 蛀zhùtermite; to bore (of insects)
• 拄zhǔto lean on; to prop on
• 炷zhùwick of an oil lamp; to burn (incense etc); classifier for lit incense sticks

Sounds the same

Read zhǔ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 主owner; master; host
• 煮to cook; to boil
• 嘱to enjoin; to implore; to urge
• 拄to lean on; to prop on
• 瞩to gaze at; to stare at
• 属to join together; to fix one's attention on; to concentrate on
• 渚islet; bank
• 丶"dot" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 3), aka 点
• 砫ancestral tablet
• 褚padding (in garment); to store up; pocket
• 斸cut
• 𬣞wisdom