株 zhū root
root; stump; measure word for trees; a plant; measure word for trees or plants; strain
怎么记住“株”: 木 tree + 朱 cinnabar = root. Dad paints what is left of the old tree bright cinnabar red, so nobody in the garden trips over the root.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
株 = 木 tree + 朱 cinnabar
- 木 tree meaning
- 朱 cinnabar sound
Dad paints what is left of the old tree bright cinnabar red, so nobody in the garden trips over the root.
How it came to be
The tree gives the meaning and the cinnabar gives the sound.
用法
- A measure word for plants/trees: 一株树 (yì zhū shù) a tree, 一株草 a plant.
- As a noun means a plant's root/stump; also 'strain' in biology: 病毒株 (bìngdú zhū) a viral strain.
- 守株待兔 (shǒuzhū-dàitù) 'guard the stump waiting for rabbits' = to rely foolishly on a one-off stroke of luck.
- Compare 棵 (kē), the more common everyday classifier for trees/plants; 株 is more literary/technical.