珠

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bead; pearl; CL:粒[li4],顆|颗[ke1]

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

王 meaning “jade” + 朱 sound ( zhū )

Components 王朱

pearl · Heisig RSH #1607

jewel + 朱 vermilion

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
白眼珠儿	bái yǎn zhū r	erhua variant of 白眼珠[bai2 yan3 zhu1]
有眼无珠	yǒu yǎn wú zhū	(idiom) blind as a bat (figuratively); unaware of who (or what) one is dealing with; to fa…
人老珠黄	rén lǎo zhū huáng	(of a woman) old and faded
东方明珠电视塔	Dōng fāng Míng zhū Diàn shì Tǎ	Oriental Pearl Television Tower
珠山区	Zhū shān Qū	Zhushan, a district of Jingdezhen City 景德鎮市\|景德镇市[Jing3 de2 zhen4 Shi4], Jiangxi
海珠区	Hǎi zhū Qū	Haizhu, a district of Guangzhou City 廣州市\|广州市[Guang3 zhou1 Shi4], Guangdong
珠海市	Zhū hǎi Shì	Zhuhai, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province 廣東省\|广东省[Guang3 dong1 Sheng3]
眼珠子	yǎn zhū zi	eyeball; fig. the apple of one's eye (i.e. favorite person)
东方明珠塔	Dōng fāng Míng zhū Tǎ	Oriental Pearl Tower
眼珠儿	yǎn zhū r	eyeball; fig. the apple of one's eye (i.e. favorite person)
白眼珠	bái yǎn zhū	white of the eye
珠三角	Zhū Sān jiǎo	Pearl River Delta
黑眼珠	hēi yǎn zhū	pupil of the eye
珠光宝气	zhū guāng bǎo qì	bedecked with glittering jewels (idiom)
字字珠玉	zì zì zhū yù	every word a gem (idiom); magnificent writing
珠江三角洲	Zhū jiāng Sān jiǎo zhōu	Pearl River Delta (PRD)
珠子	zhū zi	pearl; bead; CL:粒[li4],顆\|颗[ke1]
珠山	Zhū shān	Mount Everest (abbr. for 珠穆朗瑪峰\|珠穆朗玛峰[Zhu1 mu4 lang3 ma3 Feng1]); Zhushan, district of Jing…
水珠	shuǐ zhū	droplet; dewdrop
弹珠机	dàn zhū jī	pachinko machine

Characters sharing the sound component 朱 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
朱 sound part	zhū	cinnabar, vermilion; surname
诛	zhū	to execute, to kill; to punish
殊	shū	different, special, unusual
蛛	zhū	spider
株	zhū	root, stump; measure word for trees
侏	zhū	small, tiny; dwarf
茱	zhū	dogwood
铢	zhū	a unit of weight, about 1 gram
洙	zhū	a river in Shandong province
邾	zhū	an ancient feudal state in Shandong province
姝	shū	beautiful, charming, gorgeous; pretty girl