Read Edit View history 住 zhù HSK1 reside Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 主 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas zhù × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 亻 is a component form of 人. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 住 Simp strokes 住 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 住 Simp strokes 住 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 住 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 330, 775 ], [ 349, 760 ], [ 370, 724 ], [ 336, 654 ], [ 280, 558 ], [ 204, 450 ], [ 131, 362 ], [ 84, 319 ] ], [ [ 253, 473 ], [ 258, 443 ], [ 273, 417 ], [ 272, 213 ], [ 260, 69 ], [ 266, 4 ] ], [ [ 540, 765 ], [ 639, 710 ], [ 670, 667 ] ], [ [ 423, 531 ], [ 444, 524 ], [ 492, 524 ], [ 629, 546 ], [ 764, 576 ], [ 827, 578 ] ], [ [ 435, 303 ], [ 483, 295 ], [ 723, 336 ], [ 794, 332 ] ], [ [ 593, 515 ], [ 622, 491 ], [ 625, 433 ], [ 622, 153 ], [ 605, 131 ] ], [ [ 351, 89 ], [ 409, 79 ], [ 655, 111 ], [ 830, 123 ], [ 873, 119 ], [ 922, 102 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 255 480 Q 304 543 359 630 Q 387 681 412 705 Q 422 717 417 732 Q 413 747 381 771 Q 351 792 331 791 Q 310 790 319 765 Q 334 731 321 703 Q 282 607 223 518 Q 166 433 87 338 Q 77 326 74 320 Q 70 307 86 310 Q 128 320 228 447 L 255 480 Z", "M 228 447 Q 229 441 234 435 Q 249 402 251 325 Q 251 196 226 91 Q 216 46 250 -5 Q 251 -5 253 -8 Q 271 -24 283 3 Q 298 43 297 90 Q 294 340 301 396 Q 308 423 299 434 Q 260 476 255 480 C 234 501 215 474 228 447 Z", "M 569 717 Q 602 692 637 660 Q 653 647 671 648 Q 684 649 688 664 Q 692 682 681 715 Q 674 737 637 753 Q 552 778 536 772 Q 530 766 533 752 Q 537 739 569 717 Z", "M 640 524 Q 701 537 767 548 Q 825 560 834 567 Q 843 574 839 584 Q 832 596 802 605 Q 775 611 659 577 Q 524 550 431 541 Q 394 537 420 518 Q 459 491 519 504 Q 552 510 586 515 L 640 524 Z", "M 648 300 Q 678 306 785 318 Q 795 317 805 330 Q 806 342 783 352 Q 752 374 654 345 Q 651 345 649 344 L 600 333 Q 564 327 440 313 Q 412 309 434 292 Q 461 267 508 275 Q 548 284 600 292 L 648 300 Z", "M 643 128 Q 644 219 648 300 L 649 344 Q 652 510 653 511 Q 646 520 640 524 C 618 544 576 543 586 515 Q 599 494 600 333 L 600 292 Q 599 223 599 122 C 599 92 643 98 643 128 Z", "M 599 122 Q 487 112 354 99 Q 332 98 347 79 Q 362 64 380 58 Q 402 51 419 56 Q 638 107 900 86 Q 903 87 908 86 Q 929 86 934 95 Q 940 107 923 122 Q 869 164 831 156 Q 759 143 643 128 L 599 122 Z" ] } 7 strokes 住 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 323, 779 ], [ 370, 716 ], [ 241, 501 ], [ 79, 318 ] ], [ [ 248, 476 ], [ 274, 399 ], [ 262, -9 ] ], [ [ 536, 765 ], [ 633, 715 ], [ 680, 655 ] ], [ [ 417, 531 ], [ 498, 525 ], [ 834, 585 ] ], [ [ 431, 306 ], [ 503, 297 ], [ 800, 334 ] ], [ [ 593, 518 ], [ 624, 491 ], [ 620, 116 ] ], [ [ 348, 92 ], [ 408, 79 ], [ 835, 124 ], [ 931, 103 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M255,480C288,522 323,572 359,630C379,664 395,689 412,705C419,713 420,722 417,732C414,742 402,756 381,771C361,786 344,792 331,791C317,791 312,782 319,765C328,743 329,722 321,703C294,640 262,578 223,518C185,462 139,402 87,338C80,330 75,325 74,320C70,312 75,308 86,310C114,317 159,364 228,447C246,469 246,469 255,480Z", "M228,447C228,443 231,440 234,435C245,414 250,377 251,325C251,239 242,162 226,91C219,62 226,29 250,-5C250,-5 251,-6 253,-8C264,-19 275,-15 283,3C293,30 297,59 297,90C294,257 294,359 301,396C304,415 305,427 299,434C273,463 258,478 255,480C245,490 225,461 228,447Z", "M569,717C591,701 613,681 637,660C647,651 659,648 671,648C679,649 685,654 688,664C690,676 688,693 681,715C676,730 662,745 637,753C581,772 546,778 536,772C531,770 530,762 533,752C535,744 548,733 569,717Z", "M640,524C681,531 723,540 767,548C805,556 828,563 834,567C840,572 842,578 839,584C834,593 822,600 802,605C784,610 737,596 659,577C569,556 493,548 431,541C406,539 402,531 420,518C445,500 478,496 519,504C540,509 563,512 586,515C622,521 622,521 640,524Z", "M648,300C668,304 713,312 785,318C791,319 800,320 805,330C808,338 797,344 783,352C771,359 754,362 730,361C710,359 674,350 649,344C616,337 616,337 600,333C576,328 522,323 440,313C421,311 419,305 434,292C452,276 476,269 508,275C534,281 565,287 600,292C632,297 632,297 648,300Z", "M643,128C643,189 646,246 648,300C649,329 649,329 649,344C651,455 655,507 653,511C649,518 644,522 640,524C624,533 579,532 586,515C594,501 600,441 600,333C600,306 600,306 600,292C600,246 599,190 599,122C599,107 643,113 643,128Z", "M599,122C524,112 442,107 354,99C339,98 336,92 347,79C356,69 368,62 380,58C394,54 407,54 419,56C564,91 725,100 900,86C912,86 930,89 934,95C938,103 934,113 923,122C887,151 856,161 831,156C783,147 720,139 643,128C614,124 614,124 599,122Z" ] } 7 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.