shuān​zhù

tether

shuān bind with rope

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

is a component form of .

Sound component
quán entire

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsroːn
sʰlon

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
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Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart