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zhú

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zhú Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhú | zhu2
English translation
India; bamboo; surname

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About zhú

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

zhú

Contains the radical

zhú

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

Learning hint

A kind  èr  of bamboo zhú zhú also provides the pronunciation

Etymology of zhú

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⺮二

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Example sentences using zhú

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鲜艳 xiānyàn de 红色 hóng sè 粉色 fěnsè de 天竺葵 tiān zhú kuí Cóng 我家 de 阳台 yángtái shǎng 直挂下去 xià qù

Vivid red and pink geraniums cascade over my balcony.

这是天竺葵 tiān zhú kuí 矮牵牛盛开 shèngkāi de 时节 shí jié

This is when geraniums and petunias come into their own.

Words with zhú

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
天竺 Tiān zhú the Indian subcontinent (esp. in Tang or Buddhist context)天竺 Tiān zhú
zhú surname Zhu zhú
天竺鼠 tiān zhú shǔ cavy天竺鼠 tiān zhú shǔ
天竺葵 tiān zhú kuí geranium (Pelargonium hortorum)天竺葵 tiān zhú kuí
竺可桢 Zhú Kě zhēn Zhu Kezhen (1890-1974), Chinese metereologist and geologist竺可楨
竺法 Zhú fǎ Buddhist doctrine竺法 Zhú fǎ

zhú Decomposition & Compounds

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