株
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tree trunk; stump (tree root); a plant; classifier for trees or plants; strain (biology); to involve others (in shady business)
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How 株 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
木 (semantic, “tree”) + 朱 (phonetic, zhū)
How to remember it
tree trunk · Heisig RSH #1579
木 tree + 朱 vermilion
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 朱
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 朱 (zhū) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 朱 sound component | zhū | cinnabar, vermilion; surname |
| 珠 | zhū | gem, jewel, pearl, precious stone |
| 诛 | zhū | to execute, to kill; to punish |
| 殊 | shū | different, special, unusual |
| 蛛 | zhū | spider |
| 侏 | zhū | small, tiny; dwarf |
| 茱 | zhū | dogwood |
| 铢 | zhū | a unit of weight, about 1 gram |
| 洙 | zhū | a river in Shandong province |
| 邾 | zhū | an ancient feudal state in Shandong province |
| 姝 | shū | beautiful, charming, gorgeous; pretty girl |
Words containing 株
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 株式会社 | zhū shì huì shè | Japanese limited company; corporation; public company; Ltd; p.l.c.; Corp; Japanese pr. kab… |
| 守株待兔，缘木求鱼 | shǒu zhū dài tù , yuán mù qiú yú | to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish (idiom); withou… |
| 流行株 | liú xíng zhū | epidemic strain |
| 变异株 | biàn yì zhū | variant; variant strain (of virus) |
| 株洲市 | Zhū zhōu Shì | Zhuzhou, prefecture-level city in Hunan Province 湖南省[Hu2 nan2 Sheng3] |
| 守株缘木 | shǒu zhū yuán mù | abbr. for 守株待兔，緣木求魚|守株待兔，缘木求鱼[shou3 zhu1 dai4 tu4 , yuan2 mu4 qiu2 yu2] |
| 突变株 | tū biàn zhū | mutant; mutant strain (of virus) |
| 病株 | bìng zhū | diseased or infected plant |
| 株治 | zhū zhì | to involve others (in a law case) |
| 株连 | zhū lián | to involve others (in a crime); guilt by association |
| 毒株 | dú zhū | (virus) strain |
| 守株待兔 | shǒu zhū dài tù | lit. to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits (idiom); to wait idly for opportunities; t… |
| 株守 | zhū shǒu | to stick to sth stubbornly; never let go |
| 株洲 | Zhū zhōu | see 株洲市[Zhu1 zhou1 Shi4] |
| 残株 | cán zhū | stubble |
| 植株 | zhí zhū | (agriculture) plant |
| 异株荨麻 | yì zhū qián má | common nettle (Urtica dioica) |
| 株距 | zhū jù | spacing; distance between plants (within a row) |