矗 chù
- Strokes
- 24
- Radical
- 目 — eye
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
矗立
chùlì
to stand tall; to tower
Characters in this word
立 lì
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 立 — to stand
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 暴雨过后，纪念碑依然矗立在广场中央，像是在提醒人们不要遗忘那段历史。 Bàoyǔ guò hòu, jìniànbēi yīrán chùlì zài guǎngchǎng zhōngyāng, xiàng shì zài tíxǐng rénmen bú yào yíwàng nà duàn lìshǐ. After the storm, the monument still stood in the centre of the square, as if reminding people not to forget that period of history.
- 山脚下矗立着一座白色的古塔。 Shānjiǎo xià chùlì zhe yí zuò báisè de gǔtǎ. A white ancient pagoda stands tall at the foot of the mountain.
- 远处的高楼矗立在晨雾里，只露出一个轮廓。 Yuǎnchù de gāolóu chùlì zài chénwù lǐ, zhǐ lòu chū yí gè lúnkuò. The tall buildings in the distance tower in the morning mist, showing only an outline.