住 (zhù)

to live/to reside/to stay/complement indicating firmness

How 住 is written

Strokes
7
Radical
亻 — human
Traditional
住
Simplified
住 (unchanged)

Components

Common words using 住

住宅 zhùzhái
residence; tenement
住房 zhùfáng
housing
住院 zhùyuàn
to be in hospital; to be hospitalized
入住 rùzhù
to check in (at a hotel etc)
居住 jūzhù
to reside; to dwell; to live in a place
抓住 zhuāzhù
to grab; to capture
掛住 guàzhù
to get caught (entangled); to catch (on sth)
握住 wòzhù
to grip; to hold
留住 liúzhù
to ask sb to stay; to keep sb for the night; to await (classical)
記住 jìzhu
to remember; to bear in mind; to learn by heart
住區 zhùqū
living area
住友 zhùyǒu
Sumitomo, Japanese company

住 in a sentence

你住在台北市的哪一區?

Nǐ zhù zài Táiběi Shì de nǎ yì qū?

“Which district of Taipei City do you live in?”

How common is 住?

住 is the 309th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 65.3% of all running text.

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