zhù

to soar

Components

Sound component
zhě one who...
Meaning component
feather

wings

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangtjas
Unicodejiù

說文解字

飛舉也。从羽者聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica