Chinese Character Dictionary

This dictionary collects useful information about Chinese characters, including stroke order, structure, pinyin, zhuyin, Cantonese romanization, Minnan romanization, Chaozhou romanization, words, idioms and explanations.
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Stroke order, structure, pinyin, zhuyin, romanization, words and explanations for ""

Basic information
Strokes: 8 Radical: 木 Structure: 左右结构
Pinyin: zhù Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˋ Yueping: chyu5 Guangdong: qu5
Minnan: thú Chaozhou: Tang:
Stroke order:
Words:杼柚之空杼柚其空杼柚空虚曾母投杼杼厕杼思杼情杼斗杼机杼柚杼栗杼梭杼轴杼轴困杼首梭杼申杼疏杼
Idioms:三告投杼别出机杼投杼之惑投杼之疑投杼市虎投杼致惑投杼逾墙断杼择邻曾母投杼机杼一家杼井易水杼柚之空杼柚其空杼柚空虚独出机杼自出机杼自成机杼蹈机握杼
Xiehouyu:
English meaning: shuttle of loom; narrow; long-headed; a scrub oak; thin
Detailed explanations by pronunciation
Pinyin 1: zhù
Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˋ
(形声。从木,予声。本义:织布机的梭子)
同本义 杼,机之持纬者。——《说文》。今以梭为之。<br>杼柚其空。——《诗·小雅·大东》<br>此织生自蚕茧,成于机杼。(机杼,泛指织布的工具。)——《后汉书·列女传》<br>一人又告之曰:“曾参杀人!”其母惧,投杼逾墙而走。——《战国策》
又如:杼柚(杼轴。梭子和筘。比喻诗文的组织、构思);杼梭(织机的梭子。指织造)
土木工程中的泥工 杼、柚,作也。东齐土作谓之杼,木作谓之柚。——《方言》