Chinese Character 住 Meanings and components.

Form

住

Meaning

住 meaning[3] in English

To Live.

To Dwell.

To Stay.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 住 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'person' radical in … (亻) , and owner (主)

Its radical[1] is: 人 (ren2) which means: Man, Person, People, Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4], .人ren2man

In cangjie it is written with OYG

How to write 住

To write住zhu4to live you should write a combination of 亻ren2'person' radical … , 主zhu3owner arranged in a 吅 shape:

亻 + 主 = 住

住 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 住 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 住, looks as follow:

住
Pinyin:zhu4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Live . To Dwell . To Stay . To Reside . To Stop . (Suffix Indicating Firmness, Steadiness, Or Coming To A Halt)
亻
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 9)
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
主
Pinyin:zhu3 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Owner . Master . Host . Individual Or Party Concerned . God . Lord . Main . To Indicate Or Signify . Trump Card (In Card Games)
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]
王
Pinyin:wang2
Meaning[3]: Surname Wang

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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