zhǔ

dot

Depicts a dot.

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Distinguishing (3)

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtoʔ

說文解字

《說文》:“丶,有所絕止,丶而識之也。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica