zhǔ owner; master; host

Made up of [ zhǔ dot radical 3, jade radical 96]
Used as component in : zhù
Made with 5 strokes.
Ancient picture was of a lighted torch this has now changed to be associated with 'jade' as this is a prized treasure it implies ownership and mastery. Or it might be that Zhu (monarch) gives the phonetic.

Related characters


Also uses zhǔ component: bái (bright) bàn (half) ; bīng (ice) ; (younger brother) ; duì (to cash) ; (beautiful) ; liáng (good) ; lìng (to order) ; (store) ; sháo (spoon) ; shù (method) ; (revive) ; tài (too) ; wǎng (towards) ; wèi (do) ; (crow) ; (justice) ; yóu (outstanding) ; (jade) ; zhōu (prefecture) ; zhù (to live) ; (from)
Also uses component: (texture) qiú (ball) ; quán (all) ; rùn (leap) ; wán (toy) ; xiàn (to appear) ; zhù (to live)

Sounds same

zhǔ (dot) ; zhǔ (to cook)

Different tone

zhū (hog) ; zhú (bamboo) ; zhú (bamboo) ; zhù (to live) ; zhù (to halt)

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Pronunciation

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stroke order for 主
Stroke order for character 主, kindly provided under Wikimedia creative commons license

Cities

公主岭 Gongzhuling, Jilin