zhù

ramie

Evolution

紵 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
紵 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
紵 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
紵 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Definitions

() 

zhù

ramie; sack cloth; ramie (Boehmeria nivea)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*mə-draʔ

drjoX

zhù

ramie; flax


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

6378th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Simplified

Unicode

U+7D35

Shuowen

“紵,檾屬,細者為絟,粗者為紵。从糸,宁聲。,紵或从緒省。”


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