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注

zhù

note; annotation; to annotate

A person writing a note in the margin of an open book
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Character

注 zhù

Strokes
8
Radical
氵 — water
Made of
氵 water 主 master, host
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 注

Example phrases

  • 编者在页脚加了一条注,说明该概念在不同学派中的含义并不一致。 Biānzhě zài yèjiǎo jiā le yì tiáo zhù, shuōmíng gāi gàiniàn zài bùtóng xuépài zhōng de hányì bìng bù yízhì. The editor added a note in the footer explaining that the concept does not have the same meaning across different schools of thought.
  • 他给这篇古文做注时查阅了大量史料。 Tā gěi zhè piān gǔwén zuò zhù shí cháyuè le dàliàng shǐliào. While annotating this old text, he consulted a great amount of historical material.
  • 古书上的注往往比正文更有参考价值。 Gǔshū shàng de zhù wǎngwǎng bǐ zhèngwén gèng yǒu cānkǎo jiàzhí. The annotations in old books are often more useful for reference than the main text.

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