(zhù)

HSK 512 strokesTrad.
Readingszhùzhú

short name for Guiyang 贵阳

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Character information

Pinyin
zhù / zhú
Meaning
short name for Guiyang 贵阳
Strokes
12
HSK level
HSK 5
Traditional

Origin & structure

Where comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿱⺮巩

A strong  巩 bamboo ⺮ building; ⺮ also provides the pronunciation

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

Made of

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

Traditional form : A building 巩 of bamboo ⺮ and wood 木; ⺮also provides the pronunciation

How to write step by step

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Words with

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

jiànzhù
HSK 5

to construct; building; CL:个

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bǎnzhù

variant of 版筑

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lit. build a high desk of debt (idiom); heavily in debt

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