zhú

stern of ship

Components

Meaning component
zhōu boat

ship

Sound component
yóu cause

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangl'ɯwɢ
Unicodedjhiuk

說文解字

艫也。从舟由聲。漢律名船方長爲舳艫。一曰舟尾。

Sources

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