HSK 6 · Verbs

拄 zhǔ “to lean on (a stick)” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 拄 means

  1. to lean on (a stick)
  2. to lean on
  3. to prop on

How to say 拄

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale拄zhǔ3rd tone, dipping

拄 in a sentence

  1. 自从我弄断了两条腿，我就拄着拐杖走路了。

    Zìcóng wǒ nòngduàn le liǎng tiáo tuǐ, wǒ jiù zhǔ zhe guǎizhàng zǒulù le.

    Ever since I broke both my legs, I’ve been walking on crutches.

    Sentence #786024 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 拄 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 拄 (zhǔ) with each of its parts in a different colour
拄zhǔto lean on
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 主to own · zhǔSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 主 (zhǔ) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhǔ.

How to write 拄

拄 8 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

拄 (zhǔ) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 拄 (zhǔ). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 拄

More words: Common Verbs

制约zhìyuē · to restrict制止zhìzhǐ · to stop中断zhōngduàn · to interrupt终止zhōngzhǐ · to terminate拽zhuài · to pull转移zhuǎnyí · to transfer坠zhuì · to fall着手zhuóshǒu · to set about

FAQs

拄 (zhǔ) means “to lean on (a stick)” or “to lean on”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhǔ: zhǔ with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 拄 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 拄 from the suggestions. Typing zhu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
拄 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.