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
Common Compounds
拄 appears in 1 compound words: 100 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.
邓世昌铜像拄着长剑,目光穿过笔直的现代马路,凝视刘公岛和曾经的北洋水师军港。
dèng shì chāng tóng xiàng zhǔ zhe cháng jiàn , mù guāng chuān guò bǐ zhí de xiàn dài mǎ lù , níng shì liú gōng dǎo hé céng jīng de běi yáng shuǐ shī jūn gǎng .
The bronze statue of Deng Shichang, leaning on a long sword, gazes across the straight, modern road toward Liugong Island and what was once the naval base of the Beiyang Fleet.
叫了半天,一个拄着拐杖的年轻男生才出来,带我们上楼。
jiào le bàn tiān , yī gè zhǔ zhe guǎi zhàng de nián qīng nán shēng cái chū lái , dài wǒ men shàng lóu .
After calling out for quite a while, a young man with a cane finally came out and led us upstairs.
他因单腿拄拐顽强踢球并展现出高超技艺,被外界称为“独腿球王”。
tā yīn dān tuǐ zhǔ guǎi wán qiáng tī qiú bìng zhǎn xiàn chū gāo chāo jì yì , bèi wài jiè chèn wéi dú tuǐ qiú wáng .
Because he plays soccer with determination while using a crutch on one leg and displays exceptional skill, he has been dubbed the “One-Legged Soccer King” by the public.
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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