誅 (zyu1 | zhu1) : execute, kill, put to death; punish

Remove Adverts and gain lots of extra features
What is this page showing me?

誅

zyu1

zhu1

execute, kill, put to death; punish

Stroke count: 13

Level: 3

Radical: (#149)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

誅 / 诛

This word has been viewed 3844 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 21st May 2010 16:35

Output this character as a high resolution image

誅求 zyu1 kau4 zhu1 qiu2 = exorbitant demands; demanding with menaces; extortion

人不為己天誅地滅 jan4 bat1 wai6 gei2 tin1 zyu1 dei6 mit6 ren2 bu4 wei4 zi3 tian1 zhu1 di4 mie4 = every man for himself

誅鋤異己 zyu1 co4 ji6 gei2 zhu1 chu2 yi4 ji3 = eliminate dissenters

誅戮 zyu1 luk6 zhu1 lu4 = put to death; kill

誅求無饜 zyu1 kau4 mou4 jim6 zhu1 qiu2 wu2 yan4 = be insatiably avaricious; demand greedily

誅求無已 zyu1 kau4 mou4 ji5 zhu1 qiu2 wu2 yi3 = make endless excessive demands

口誅筆伐 hau2 zyu1 bat1 fat6 kou3 zhu1 bi3 fa2 = condemn verbally and in writing

伏誅 fuk6 zyu1 fu2 zhu1 = be executed

Forum Code to link to this word:
[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/8602/]誅[/url][/big]
HTML Code to link to this word:
<a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/8602/" class="chinesemed" target="_blank">誅</a>
Decimal representation of this word: 誅
Unicode code for this character: U+8a85 (off-site link)

Search CantoDict (safe search is on)

Please note, CantoDict currently supports searching for Simplified Chinese, but results will be returned in Traditional Chinese.

Hide Written and Spoken Hide Written 國 Hide Spoken粵

This page shows, from top to bottom:

a large version of the character in a traditional script font which you may need to install

: the Cantonese Jyutping romanisation (pronunciation) Also, CantoDict uses a unique "asterisk (*)" convention, to show readings such as jyu^4*2. For more information please see CantoDict Tone Conventions.

: the Mandarin pronunciation of the word in pinyin.
a detailed description of all the meanings
the number of strokes needed to write the character correctly
our arbitrarily assigned difficulty level
a smaller version of the character in a computerised, printed font, along with the PRC simplified version if applicable
a list of characters which look similar and are therefore possible sources of confusion (where relevant)
a list of compound words that use this character, ordered by difficulty level.
(we would really appreciate new volunteers to add some more compound words to the database so please post to the CantoDict forum if you would like to spend an occasional 10 mins or so helping)


Characters \| Words \| Sentences \| Chinese Translation \| Chinese Tests \| Forums \| Search Customise CantoDict \| My Vocab Lists \| Useful Reports and Stats \| CantoDict Forum