侏
zhū

small

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 朱 represents the sound.

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

朱
朱 Sound component
zhū, shū red pigment

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsyuto侏儒 zhūrú "dwarf"
Zhengzhangtjo

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang