株
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tree trunk; stump (tree root); a plant; classifier for trees or plants; strain (biology); to involve others (in shady business)
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 木 +6
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 株
- Common rank
- #2,552
- Unicode
- U+682A
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 株
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 株式会社 | Japanese limited company; corporation; public company; Ltd; p.l.c.; Corp; Japanese pr. kab… | |
| 守株待兔，缘木求鱼 | to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish (idiom); withou… | |
| 流行株 | epidemic strain | |
| 变异株 | variant; variant strain (of virus) | |
| 株洲市 | Zhuzhou, prefecture-level city in Hunan Province 湖南省[Hu2 nan2 Sheng3] | |
| 守株缘木 | 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] | |
| 突变株 | mutant; mutant strain (of virus) | |
| 病株 | diseased or infected plant | |
| 株治 | to involve others (in a law case) | |
| 株连 | to involve others (in a crime); guilt by association | |
| 毒株 | (virus) strain | |
| 守株待兔 | lit. to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits (idiom); to wait idly for opportunities; t… | |
| 株守 | to stick to sth stubbornly; never let go | |
| 株洲 | see 株洲市[Zhu1 zhou1 Shi4] | |
| 残株 | stubble | |
| 植株 | (agriculture) plant | |
| 异株荨麻 | common nettle (Urtica dioica) | |
| 株距 | spacing; distance between plants (within a row) |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 朱 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 朱 sound part | cinnabar, vermilion; surname | |
| 珠 | gem, jewel, pearl, precious stone | |
| 诛 | to execute, to kill; to punish | |
| 殊 | different, special, unusual | |
| 蛛 | spider | |
| 侏 | small, tiny; dwarf | |
| 茱 | dogwood | |
| 铢 | a unit of weight, about 1 gram | |
| 洙 | a river in Shandong province | |
| 邾 | an ancient feudal state in Shandong province | |
| 姝 | beautiful, charming, gorgeous; pretty girl |