住

See also 隹

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 亻 + phonetic 主

Han character

住 (radical 9 人+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 人卜土 (OYG), four-corner 2021₄, composition ⿰亻主)

1. reside, live at, dwell, lodge
2. stop

References

• KangXi: page 98, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 505
• Dae Jaweon: page 207, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 137, character 9
• Unihan data for U+4F4F

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Cantonese

Hanzi

住 (Yale jyu6)

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Japanese

Kanji

住 (grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: じゅう (jū)
• Kun: すむ (sumu), とどまる (todomaru), やむ (yamu)

Compounds

• 住む (すむ, sumu) to live in
• 住所 (じゅうしょ, juusho) address

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Korean

Hanja

住 (hangeul 주, revised ju, McCune-Reischauer chu)

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

住 (pinyin zhù (zhu4), Wade-Giles chu⁴)

Compounds

• 住院 zhùyuàn be hospitalized

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Vietnamese

Han character

住 (trú, trọ, giọ, trụ(Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?))

References

• Nom Foundation