注
(bound form) to pour into; to flow into; to inject; (bound form) to focus (one's spirit, gaze etc) on a single point; to concentrate; (bound form) stake (in gambling); classifier for stakes, sums of money, transactions or beams of light; variant of 註|注[zhu4]
8 strokes
Dict coverage rank #824 U+6CE8
How 注 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
氵 (semantic, “water”) + 主 (phonetic, zhǔ)
How to remember it
pour · Heisig RSH #278
candlestick
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 主
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 主 (zhǔ) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 主 sound component | zhǔ | to own; to host; master; host; lord |
| 柱 | zhù | to lean on; pillar, post, support |
| 驻 | zhù | stable; station, garrison |
| 蛀 | zhù | termite, bookworm; to bore, to eat into |
| 拄 | zhǔ | post; to lean on; to prod, to ridicule |
| 麈 | zhǔ | a species of deer |
Words containing 注
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 注意力不足过动症 | zhù yì lì bù zú guò dòng zhèng | attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) |
| 注音一式 | zhù yīn yī shì | Mandarin Phonetic Symbols 1; Bopomofo; abbr. for 國語注音符號第一式|国语注音符号第一式[Guo2 yu3 zhu4 yin1 fu… |
| 说文解字注 | Shuō wén Jiě zì Zhù | Commentary on Shuowen Jiezi (1815) by Duan Yucai 段玉裁[Duan4 Yu4 cai2] |
| 命中注定 | mìng zhōng zhù dìng | decreed by fate (idiom); destined; fated |
| 不注意 | bù zhù yì | thoughtless; not pay attention to |
| 注音法 | zhù yīn fǎ | phonetic transcription; system of representing spoken sounds |
| 注意力 | zhù yì lì | attention |
| 皮下注射 | pí xià zhù shè | hypodermic injection; subcutaneous injection |
| 词性标注 | cí xìng biāo zhù | part-of-speech tagging |
| 注音字母 | zhù yīn zì mǔ | see 注音符號|注音符号[zhu4 yin1 fu2 hao4] |
| 大雨如注 | dà yǔ rú zhù | pouring with rain; rain bucketing down |
| 国语注音符号第一式 | Guó yǔ zhù yīn fú hào dì yī shì | Mandarin Phonetic Symbols 1 (official name of the phonetic system of writing Chinese used … |
| 转注字 | zhuǎn zhù zì | transfer character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters); character… |
| 无针注射器 | wú zhēn zhù shè qì | jet injector |
| 引人注意 | yǐn rén zhù yì | to attract attention |
| 首次注视时间 | shǒu cì zhù shì shí jiān | (psychology) first fixation duration |
| 注射器 | zhù shè qì | syringe |
| 注水 | zhù shuǐ | to pour water into; to inject water into |
| 引人注目 | yǐn rén zhù mù | to attract attention; eye-catching; conspicuous |
| 心神专注 | xīn shén zhuān zhù | to concentrate one's attention; to be fully focused |