矗 (chù): lofty

矗 (chù) is a Chinese character meaning “lofty.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 直 (structural). It ranks #3092 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, 矗 three people standing up straight 直. Its radical form 目 (eye) appears in many related characters such as 目 (mù, eye), 看 (kàn, to look, to see), 眼 (yǎn, eye).

Native pronunciation
HSK 7-9Radical: 目 eye24 strokesFrequency #3092直 structural

Definitions

  1. lofty

Etymology & Origin

矗

ideographicThree people standing up straight 直

Decomposition: ⿱直⿰直直 (layout: top-bottom)

Components:直structural

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
矗立chù lìto tower
高矗gāo chùtowering
2
Total compounds
50
As first character
50
As last character
0
As middle character

矗 appears in 2 compound words: 50 as the first character, 50 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Strongest Collocations

Characters that most frequently co-occur with 矗 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

立lì
0.5218,892 co-occurrences
着zhe
0.4982,394 co-occurrences
雕diāo
0.382228 co-occurrences
碑bēi
0.365204 co-occurrences
棵kē
0.36236 co-occurrences
顶dǐng
0.356174 co-occurrences
偏piān
0.355216 co-occurrences
仍réng
0.342402 co-occurrences
像xiàng
0.339438 co-occurrences
柱zhù
0.333126 co-occurrences

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

老师教我们矗字的发音和笔顺。

lǎo shī jiào wǒ men chù zì de fā yīn hé bǐ shùn .

The teacher taught us the pronunciation and stroke order of the character "矗."

Character Family

目 Radical Family — Characters sharing the eye radical

盯dīng睛jīng觉jué看kàn目mù省shěng睡shuì相xiāng眼yǎn着zhe

Related Characters

目mù看kàn眼yǎn着zhe睡shuì觉jué睛jīng盯dīng相xiāng省shěng

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 矗 (chù) mean in Chinese?
矗 (chù) primarily means "lofty." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #3092 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 矗 have?
矗 is written with 24 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 矗?
The radical associated with 矗 is 目 (eye). This radical appears in many characters related to eye.
What are the components of 矗?
矗 is composed of: 直 (structural), undefined (phonetic). Its IDS decomposition is ⿱直⿰直直 with a top-bottom layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 矗?
Common words with 矗 include: 矗立 (chù lì, "to tower"); 高矗 (gāo chù, "towering"). There are over 2 compound words containing this character.
Is 矗 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 矗 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.