English Definition: to build; to construct; to ram; to hit; Taiwan pr. [zhu2]
Chinese Definition:
①捣土的杵:“项王伐齐,身负板筑,以为士卒先”。
②建造,修盖:修筑。建筑。构筑。
③居室:“畏人成小筑,褊性合幽栖”。
④古代弦乐器,形似琴,有十三弦。演奏时,左手按弦的一端,右手执竹尺击弦发音。
⑤建修。
Total strokes: 16;
Radical: 竹 Ideographic:A building
巩 of bamboo
⺮ and wood
木;
⺮also provides the pronunciation
Character Formation:- ⿱ Above to below
- ⺮ [ zhú ] bamboo; flute
- ⿱ Above to below
- 巩 [ gǒng ] to bind, to guard, to strengthen; firm, secure, strong
- 木 [ mù ] tree; wood, lumber; wooden