拄 (zhǔ): to lean on, to prop on
拄 (zhǔ) is a Chinese character meaning “to lean on.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 扌 (semantic) and 主 (phonetic). It ranks #2990 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 拄 hand. Its radical form 扌 (hand) appears in many related characters such as 手 (shǒu, hand), 打 (dǎ, hit, make), 找 (zhǎo, to look for).
Definitions
- to lean on
- to prop on
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
拄 appears in 0 compound words: 0 as the first character, 0 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 拄 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
妈妈拄着孩子的手，慢慢地过马路。
mā mā zhǔ zhe hái zǐ de shǒu , màn màn dì guò mǎ lù .
Mom held her child's hand and slowly crossed the street.
自从我弄断了两条腿，我就拄着拐杖走路了。
Zìcóng wǒ nòng duàn le liǎng tiáo tuǐ, wǒ jiù zhǔ zhe guǎizhàng zǒulù le.
I'm on crutches since I broke both my legs.
这个老人拄着一根拐杖走路。
Zhège lǎorén zhǔ zhe yī gēn guǎizhàng zǒu lù.
The old man walked with a stick.
一个拄着拐杖的年轻女孩问汤姆他住在哪里。
Yī gè zhǔ zhe guǎizhàng de niánqīng nǚhái wèn Tāngmǔ tā zhù zài nǎlǐ.
A young girl on crutches asked Tom where he lived.
Character Family
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