(zhù)

HSK 39 strokes

surname Zhu

Stroke order animation

Character information

Pinyin
zhù
Meaning
surname Zhu
Strokes
9
HSK level
HSK 3
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿰礻兄

A person 兄 praying before an altar 礻

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write step by step

9 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with

Common words using — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

qìngzhù
HSK 3

to celebrate

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zhù
HSK 4

blessings

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zhù
HSK 5

to congratulate

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zhùyuàn
HSK 6

to wish

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tiānzhù

see 天祝藏族自治县

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miàozhù

acolyte in charge of incense in a temple

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gōngzhù

to congratulate respectfully; to wish good luck and success (esp. to a supe…

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liángzhù

The Butterfly Lovers, a Chinese folktale (abbr. for 梁山伯与祝英台)

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