株 (zhū): meaning and stroke order
株 (zhū) means tree trunk, stump (tree root), a plant, classifier for trees or plants, strain (biology).
株
- Simplified
- 株
- Traditional
- 株 (same form)
- Pinyin
- zhū
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Stroke order of 株
株
- zhū tree trunk; stump (tree root)
- 10 strokes
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Meaning of 株
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zhū
- tree trunk
- stump (tree root)
- a plant
- classifier for trees or plants
- strain (biology)
- to involve others (in shady business)
Radical and structure
- 株
- Radical 木 (Kangxi radical 75) · 10 strokes · 木 on the left, 朱 on the right
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 株
- 守株待兔 shǒu zhū dài tù lit. to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits (idiom); to wait idly for opportunities
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).