chǔzhǔ

bag

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
衤 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

clothes

is a component form of .

者 sound component

  Sound component

zhě

  

one who...

Evolution

褚 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)
褚 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
褚 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
褚 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

chǔ

bag, valise; stuff, pad; surname

 

Chǔ

surname Chu

 

zhǔ

padding (in garment); to store up; pocket; Taiwan pr. [chǔ]

Most common words with 褚
Freq.
Word
Meaning

pocket

褚遂良

Chu Suiliang (596-659), one of Four Great Calligraphers of early Tang 唐初四大家[Táng​chū​Sì​Dà​jiā]