• 309th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.07% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 109 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhù (zhu4)to live • to dwell • to stay • to reside • to stop • (suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for zhù (zhu4)The component is pronounced as 'zhǔ' (zhu3). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Example Words

Common

入住 
抓住 
记住 (記住)

Uncommon

住宅 
住家 
住宿 
住房 
住所 
住处 (住處)
住院 
保住 
停住 
包住 
卡住 
围住 (圍住)
堵住 
守住 
居住 
拴住 
挺住 
捉住 
挂住 (掛住)
握住 
捂住 (摀住)
挡住 (擋住)
拦住 (攔住)
留住 
站住 
遮住 
顶住 (頂住)

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  • 1008th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 126 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zuǐ (zui3)mouth • beak • nozzle • spout (of teapot etc) • CL:張|张[zhang1],個|个[ge4]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for zuǐ (zui3)The component is pronounced as '' (zi1). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for zuǐ (zui3)The component is pronounced as 'zuǐ' (zui3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

合不拢嘴 (合不攏嘴)
嘴唇 
嘴巴 
嘴里 (嘴裡)
闭嘴 (閉嘴)

Uncommon

七嘴八舌 
住嘴 
动嘴 (動嘴)
名嘴 
咧嘴 
嘴硬 
嘴脸 (嘴臉)
嘴角 
嘴馋 (嘴饞)
奶嘴 
拌嘴 
插嘴 
撅嘴 
撇嘴 
满嘴 (滿嘴)
乌鸦嘴 (烏鴉嘴)
红嘴鸥 (紅嘴鷗)
亲嘴 (親嘴)
零嘴 
顶嘴 (頂嘴)
馋嘴 (饞嘴)
斗嘴 (鬥嘴)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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