珠
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bead; pearl; CL:粒[li4],顆|颗[ke1]
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How 珠 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
王 (semantic, “jade”) + 朱 (phonetic, zhū)
How to remember it
pearl · Heisig RSH #1607
jewel + 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 |
| 诛 | zhū | to execute, to kill; to punish |
| 殊 | shū | different, special, unusual |
| 蛛 | zhū | spider |
| 株 | zhū | root, stump; measure word for trees |
| 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 珠
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 白眼珠儿 | bái yǎn zhū r | erhua variant of 白眼珠[bai2 yan3 zhu1] |
| 有眼无珠 | yǒu yǎn wú zhū | (idiom) blind as a bat (figuratively); unaware of who (or what) one is dealing with; to fa… |
| 人老珠黄 | rén lǎo zhū huáng | (of a woman) old and faded |
| 东方明珠电视塔 | Dōng fāng Míng zhū Diàn shì Tǎ | Oriental Pearl Television Tower |
| 珠山区 | Zhū shān Qū | Zhushan, a district of Jingdezhen City 景德鎮市|景德镇市[Jing3 de2 zhen4 Shi4], Jiangxi |
| 海珠区 | Hǎi zhū Qū | Haizhu, a district of Guangzhou City 廣州市|广州市[Guang3 zhou1 Shi4], Guangdong |
| 珠海市 | Zhū hǎi Shì | Zhuhai, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province 廣東省|广东省[Guang3 dong1 Sheng3] |
| 眼珠子 | yǎn zhū zi | eyeball; fig. the apple of one's eye (i.e. favorite person) |
| 东方明珠塔 | Dōng fāng Míng zhū Tǎ | Oriental Pearl Tower |
| 眼珠儿 | yǎn zhū r | eyeball; fig. the apple of one's eye (i.e. favorite person) |
| 白眼珠 | bái yǎn zhū | white of the eye |
| 珠三角 | Zhū Sān jiǎo | Pearl River Delta |
| 黑眼珠 | hēi yǎn zhū | pupil of the eye |
| 珠光宝气 | zhū guāng bǎo qì | bedecked with glittering jewels (idiom) |
| 字字珠玉 | zì zì zhū yù | every word a gem (idiom); magnificent writing |
| 珠江三角洲 | Zhū jiāng Sān jiǎo zhōu | Pearl River Delta (PRD) |
| 珠子 | zhū zi | pearl; bead; CL:粒[li4],顆|颗[ke1] |
| 珠山 | Zhū shān | Mount Everest (abbr. for 珠穆朗瑪峰|珠穆朗玛峰[Zhu1 mu4 lang3 ma3 Feng1]); Zhushan, district of Jing… |
| 水珠 | shuǐ zhū | droplet; dewdrop |
| 弹珠机 | dàn zhū jī | pachinko machine |