诛
to put (a criminal) to death; to punish
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How 诛 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
讠 (semantic, “speech”) + 朱 (phonetic, zhū)
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 |
| 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 诛
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 人不为己，天诛地灭 | rén bù wèi jǐ , tiān zhū dì miè | Look out for yourself, or heaven and earth will combine to destroy you.; Every man for him… |
| 诛心之论 | zhū xīn zhī lùn | a devastating criticism; to expose hidden motives |
| 诛尽杀绝 | zhū jìn shā jué | to wipe out; to exterminate |
| 诛九族 | zhū jiǔ zú | to execute all of sb's relatives (as punishment) (old) |
| 诛求无已 | zhū qiú wú yǐ | to make endless exorbitant demands |
| 诛求无厌 | zhū qiú wú yàn | (idiom) to relentlessly make excessive demands |
| 窃国者侯，窃钩者诛 | qiè guó zhě hóu , qiè gōu zhě zhū | steal the whole country and they make you a prince, steal a hook and they hang you (idiom,… |
| 窃钩者诛，窃国者侯 | qiè gōu zhě zhū , qiè guó zhě hóu | steal a hook and they hang you, steal the whole country and they make you a prince (idiom,… |
| 诛心 | zhū xīn | to criticize sb for what one believes to be their ulterior motive |
| 天诛 | tiān zhū | heavenly punishment; king's punishment |
| 诛流 | zhū liú | to kill and banish |
| 口诛笔伐 | kǒu zhū bǐ fá | to condemn in speech and in writing (idiom); to denounce by word and pen |
| 族诛 | zú zhū | to execute all of sb's relatives (as punishment) (old) |
| 诛暴讨逆 | zhū bào tǎo nì | to wipe out the villains (e.g. insurgents, or people of another race) |
| 诛杀 | zhū shā | to kill; to murder |
| 诛求 | zhū qiú | exorbitant demands; demanding with menaces; extortion |
| 诛除 | zhū chú | to wipe out; to exterminate |
| 伏诛 | fú zhū | to be executed |
| 诛灭 | zhū miè | to wipe out; to exterminate |
| 孙诛 | Sūn Zhū | Sun Zhu (1711-1778), poet and compiler of Three Hundred Tang Poems 唐詩三百首|唐诗三百首[Tang2 shi1 … |