zhā​zhù

stop

zhā, zhá pull up

A hand  tying a bundle with string 

Components

Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand
Meaning component
yǐn, yà turning stroke

Component uses

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsqriːd

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

zhù reside

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
rén person

is a component form of .

Sound component
zhǔ master

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdrjuHdro(ʔ)-s stop (v.)

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart