株 (zhū): tree trunk, stump (tree root), a plant
株 (zhū) is a Chinese character meaning “tree trunk.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 木 (semantic) and 朱 (phonetic). It ranks #2398 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 株 tree. Its radical form 木 (tree) appears in many related characters such as 本 (běn, (bound form) root), 机 (jī, machine, opportunity), 条 (tiáo, strip).
Definitions
- tree trunk
- stump (tree root)
- a plant
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 守株待兔 | shǒu zhū dài tù | lit. to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits (idiom) |
| 植株 | zhí zhū | (agriculture) plant |
| 株式会社 | zhū shì huì shè | Japanese limited company |
| 株连 | zhū lián | to involve others (in a crime) |
| 流行株 | liú xíng zhū | epidemic strain |
| 突变株 | tū biàn zhū | mutant |
| 变异株 | biàn yì zhū | variant |
| 株洲市 | zhū zhōu shì | Zhuzhou, prefecture-level city in Hunan Province 湖南省[Hu2 nan2 Sheng3] |
| 守株待兔，缘木求鱼 | shǒu zhū dài tù , yuán mù qiú yú | to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish (idiom) |
| 守株缘木 | shǒu zhū yuán mù | abbr. for 守株待兔，緣木求魚|守株待兔，缘木求鱼[shou3 zhu1 dai4 tu4 , yuan2 mu4 qiu2 yu2] |
| 株治 | zhū zhì | to involve others (in a law case) |
| 病株 | bìng zhū | diseased or infected plant |
| 异株荨麻 | yì zhū qián má | common nettle (Urtica dioica) |
| 株守 | zhū shǒu | to stick to sth stubbornly |
| 株洲 | zhū zhōu | see 株洲市[Zhu1 zhou1 Shi4] |
株 appears in 18 compound words: 39 as the first character, 39 as the last, and 22 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 株 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
这片森株里生活着许多珍稀的野生动物。
zhè piān sēn zhū lǐ shēng huó zhe xǔ duō zhēn xī de yě shēng dòng wù .
This forest is home to many rare and endangered wildlife species.
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miǎn fèi pāi bào 2 4 wàn zhū zhuàng guàn huā hǎi ! miàn jī dà dào yuē 2 1 zuò lán qiú chǎng . . .
Free auction of "240,000 spectacular flowers"! The area is so large that there are about "21 basketball courts"...
挂羊头卖狗肉!新竹车行内种870株大麻 新北警逮4人羁押禁见
guà yáng tóu mài gǒu ròu ! xīn zhú chē háng nèi zhǒng 8 7 0 zhū dà má xīn běi jǐng dǎi 4 rén 羁 yā jīn jiàn
Bait and switch! 870 cannabis plants planted in the Hsinchu car shop New Taipei police arrested 4 people and detained them
...警破竹苗大麻农场 车行、废弃大楼扣870株新鲜大麻
. . . jǐng pò zhú miáo dà má nóng chǎng chē háng , fèi qì dà lóu kòu 8 7 0 zhū xīn xiān dà má
... The police broke the bamboo seedling cannabis farm car dealership and abandoned buildings detained 870 fresh cannabis plants
新春走基层丨国网株洲供电公司党员突击队护航春节绿色..
xīn chūn zǒu jī céng 丨 guó wǎng zhū zhōu gōng diàn gōng sī dǎng yuán tū jī duì hù háng chūn jié lǜ sè . .
New Year to the grassroots丨State Grid Zhuzhou Power Supply Company party member commando escorts the Spring Festival green:
Character Family
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