zhū

several

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
讠 meaning component

  Meaning component

yán

  

speech

is a component form of .

者 sound component

  Sound component

zhě

  

one who...

Evolution

诸 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
诸 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
诸 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
诸 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
诸 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

zhū

several, various; all; various

() 

Zhū

surname Zhu

Most common words with 诸
Freq.
Word
Meaning

all

诸多

(used for abstract things) a good deal, a lot of

诸如

(various things) such as

诸如此类

etc

诸位

Sirs

Component uses

Sound component in 2 characters (0 verified)

Statistics

HSK level 6

Appears in 11.5009% of movies

1967th most common character in movies

1021st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Traditional

Unicode

U+8BF8


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