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zhū
HSK 7freq #8828

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zhū
  1. 1.tree trunk
  2. 2.stump (tree root)
  3. 3.a plant
  4. 4.classifier for trees or plants
  5. 5.strain (biology)
  6. 6.to involve others (in shady business)

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  1. 1.tree stump
  2. 2.plant
  3. 3.Classifier for plants. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
  4. 4.Classifier for viruses.
  5. 5.root

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *to): semantic 木 (“tree”) + phonetic 朱 (OC *tjo). Perhaps Austroasiatic; compare Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɟhooʔ (“tree; wood”), whence Mon ဆု (Schuessler, 2007).

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