住 — Chinese character
住
zhù
to reside, to live at, to dwell, to lodge; to stop
- Pinyin
- zhù
- Radical
- 9 ⼈ (Man)
- Strokes
- 7
- Components
- 亻 主
- Formation
- ideographic — A person 亻 who hosts 主; 主 also provides the pronunciation
- Japanese
- 住 as a kanji
Common words with 住
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 居住 | jū zhù | to reside; to dwell |
| 住宅 | zhù zhái | residence; dwelling; abode |
| 记住 (記住) | jì zhu | to remember; to bear in mind |
| 抓住 | zhuā zhù | to grab hold of; to capture |
| 住房 | zhù fáng | housing |
| 忍不住 | rěn bu zhù | cannot help; unable to bear |
| 原住民 | yuán zhù mín | indigenous peoples; aborigine |
| 不住 | bù zhù | (verb complement) unable to firmly or securely (grasp, recall etc); repeatedly; continuously; constantly |
| 住院 | zhù yuàn | to stay in hospital; to be hospitalized |
| 保住 | bǎo zhù | to preserve; to save |
| 住宿 | zhù sù | to stay at; lodging |
| 住所 | zhù suǒ | habitation; dwelling place |
English words written with 住
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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