居 jū
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 户 — door
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
居住
jūzhù
to live; to reside
Characters in this word
住 zhù
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 主 master, host
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 我居住在北京。 Wǒ jūzhù zài Běijīng. I reside in Beijing.
- 他居住在这里。 Tā jūzhù zài zhèlǐ. He lives here.
- 你居住在哪儿？ Nǐ jūzhù zài nǎr? Where do you reside?
Related words
- 居民 jūmín resident
- 居然 jūrán unexpectedly
- 邻居 línjū neighbor
- 记住 jìzhu to memorize, to learn by heart
- 住 zhù to live, to stay
- 站住 zhànzhù to stop
- 住房 zhùfáng housing
- 住院 zhùyuàn to be in the hospital
- 抓住 zhuāzhù to catch and hold
- 忍不住 rěnbuzhù cannot help doing
- 老家 lǎojiā hometown; family home
- 位置 wèizhi position; place