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zhū

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zhū Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhū | zhu1
English translation
dogwood

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About zhū

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

zhū

Contains the radical

cǎo

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

plant

Etymology of zhū

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

艹朱

Semantic compound

cǎo

Phonetic compound

zhū

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. cǎo represents the meaning and zhū represents the sound.

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Example sentences using zhū

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山茱萸 shān zhū yú de 蓓蕾 bèi lěi , dàn 绿清雅 qīng yǎ ,点缀 diǎnzhuì zhāo 褐色 hè sè 斑痕.

The dogwood bud, pale green is inlaid with russet markings.

Words with zhū

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
zhū cornelian cherry zhū
山茱萸 shān zhū yú Cornus officinalis山茱萸 shān zhū yú
茱萸 zhū yú Cornus officinalis (Japanese cornel dogwood, a kind of herb)茱萸 zhū yú

zhū Decomposition & Compounds

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