住 zhù to live; to dwell; to stay
Made up of [亻 rén Person (radical) radical 9, 王 yù jade radical 96, 丶 zhǔ dot radical 3]Made with 7 strokes.
The right part gives the phonetic 'zhu' (master) and the person radical conveys the idea of living
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Also uses 亻 rén component: 俩 bǐng (both) 倡 chàng (to initiate) 代 dài (replace) 但 dàn (but) 倒 dào (fall) 仿 fǎng (to imitate) 份 fèn (portion) 供 gōng (to provide) 估 gū (estimate) 何 hé (what) 候 hòu (wait) 侯 hóu (nobleman) 化 huà (to make into) 华 huá (splendid) 花 huā (flower) 健 jiàn (healthy) 两 liǎng (pair) 们 mén (s) 你 nǐ (you) 仁 rén (humane) 什 shén (what) 他 tā (he) 位 wèi (position) 仙 xiān (immortal) 信 xìn (letter) 夜 yè (night) 亿 yì (100,000,000) 攸 yōu (distant) 值 zhí (value) 传 zhuàn (biography) 作 zuò (to do) 做 zuò (to make)
Also uses 王 yù component: 理 lǐ (texture) 球 qiú (ball) 全 quán (all) 闰 rùn (leap) 玩 wán (toy) 现 xiàn (to appear) 主 zhǔ (owner)
Also uses 丶 zhǔ component: 白 bái (bright) 半 bàn (half) 冰 bīng (ice) 弟 dì (younger brother) 兑 duì (to cash) 丽 lì (beautiful) 良 liáng (good) 令 lìng (to order) 铺 pù (store) 勺 sháo (spoon) 术 shù (method) 苏 sū (revive) 太 tài (too) 往 wǎng (towards) 为 wèi (do) 乌 wū (crow) 义 yì (justice) 尤 yóu (outstanding) 玉 yù (jade) 州 zhōu (prefecture) 主 zhǔ (owner) 自 zì (from)
Sounds same
驻 zhù (to halt)Different tone
猪 zhū (hog) 竹 zhú (bamboo) ⺮ zhú (bamboo) 丶 zhǔ (dot) 主 zhǔ (owner) 煮 zhǔ (to cook)Pronunciation
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Proverbs
我看见我忘记,我听见我记住,我做我了解 wǒ kàn jiàn wǒ wàng jì, wǒ tīng jiàn wǒ jì zhù, wǒ zuò wǒ liǎo jiě You learn only by trying it, not by just observing or talking about it纸包不住火 zhǐ bāo bù zhù huǒ The truth can not be concealed