zhū

unit of weight

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
釒 meaning component

  Meaning component

jīn

  

metal

is a component form of .

朱 sound component

  Sound component

zhū

  

red pigment

Evolution

銖 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
銖 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
銖 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
銖 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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zhū

unit of weight, one twenty-fourth of a Chinese ounce (liang); twenty-fourth part of a tael (2 or 3 grams)

Most common words with 銖
Freq.
Word
Meaning

twenty-fourth part of a tael (2 or 3 grams)

泰铢

Thai baht

锱铢必较

to haggle over every cent (idiom)