zhù

to be stationed at

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

Components
马 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

horse

主 sound component

  Sound component

zhǔ

  

master

Evolution

驻 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
驻 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
驻 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
驻 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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zhù

to be stationed at, reside at; to stop; to halt; to stay; to be stationed (of troops, diplomats etc)

Most common words with 驻
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to halt

驻扎

to station

进驻

to enter and garrison

常驻

resident

驻足

to halt

Statistics

HSK level 6

Appears in 5.6063% of movies

2440th most common character in movies

1288th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Traditional

Unicode

U+9A7B


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