How to write 住 (zhù, “to live”)
住 (zhù), an HSK 1 character, means “to live”, “to stop” and “result complement”. China and Japan order its strokes differently: Chinese stroke 5, going rightwards, is the 6th in Japanese schools; Chinese stroke 6, going downwards, is the 5th in Japanese schools. On its own it is an HSK 1 word; it also forms 住院 (“to stay in hospital”), 入住 (“to check in”) and 住房 (“housing”). Japanese reads it juu, “dwell”, as a JLPT N4 kanji.
- Pinyin
- zhù
- Strokes
- 7
- HSK
- 1
- Radical
- 亻 (“person”)
Stroke by stroke
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
As a left-right character it splits into 亻 (“person”, the radical), strokes 1–2; 主 (“owner”), strokes 3–7, written the left part first.
- top leftdown and left
- leftdownwards
- topdown and right
- centerrightwards
- centerrightwards
- centerdownwards
- bottom leftrightwards
Two stroke orders
Japan and China order its strokes differently: 2 strokes sit in another place. Japanese 5 = Chinese 6; Japanese 6 = Chinese 5.
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Pinyin and meaning
| Pinyin | Meanings | Traditional | In words |
|---|---|---|---|
| zhù fourth tone | to live; to reside; to stay; to stop; to cease; (result complement indicating firmness or a stable achieved state) | — | 住院 入住 住房 居住 |
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Words with 住
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 住 | zhù | to live; to reside HSK 1 |
| 住院 | zhùyuàn | to stay in hospital; to be hospitalized HSK 3 |
| 入住 | rùzhù | to check in (at a hotel etc); to move into (a house) HSK 4 |
| 住房 | zhùfáng | housing HSK 5 |
| 居住 | jūzhù | to reside; to dwell HSK 5 |
| 住址 | zhùzhǐ | address HSK 5 |
| 住宿 | zhùsù | to stay at; lodging HSK 5 |
| 衣食住行 | yī-shí-zhù-xíng | clothing, food, housing and transportation (idiom); people's basic… HSK 6 |
| 住宅 | zhùzhái | residence; dwelling HSK 6 |
| 住处 住處 | zhùchù | residence; dwelling HSK 7-9 |
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