注zhù
to concentrate, to focus. 8 strokes, radical 氵, first met in HSK 3.
How to write 注
Strokes 1–3 write 氵, then strokes 4–8 write 主.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 注 · the stroke-order rules
What 注 is made of
氵 (shuǐ, water) and 主 (zhǔ, to own).
氵 carries the meaning — water — and 主 carries the sound.
Words that use 注
| 注意 | to pay attention to 把心思集中放在某件事情上 过马路一定要注意来往车辆。When crossing the street you must always pay attention to the traffic. Lesson 169, 时代风云与深刻意义 · 历史传说与文学叙事 · History, Legends & Literary Expression |
| 关注 | to follow closely, to pay close attention to 一直留心，很在意某件事 大家都在关注大桥的建设进度。Everyone has been following closely the bridge's construction progress. Lesson 194, 历史铭刻与丰碑纪念 · 城市建设与宏伟工程 · Urban Infrastructure, Engineering & Construction |
| 注册 | to register 指向机构提交信息完成登记 指导老人在线完成注册。护士动作轻柔。They guided elders through online registration. Lesson 532, 精业笃行 · 笃行至善与精业拓新 · Biomedical Care & Industrial Innovation |
| 注射 | to inject 指用针管把药物打入体内 护士动作轻柔，精准为患者注射药物。The nurse gently injected medicine for the patient. Lesson 532, 精业笃行 · 笃行至善与精业拓新 · Biomedical Care & Industrial Innovation |
| 注视 | to gaze at, watch closely 指目光集中地看着某处 科研人员目不转睛注视仪器。Researchers watched closely the instruments without blinking. Lesson 533, 专利拓新 · 笃行至善与精业拓新 · Biomedical Care & Industrial Innovation |
| 注重 | to attach importance to 指特别重视某方面 注重绿色能源转换效率。They focused on the efficiency of green energy conversion. Lesson 533, 专利拓新 · 笃行至善与精业拓新 · Biomedical Care & Industrial Innovation |
Characters that share the sound part 主
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 氵
All 76 of them, and what the radical means, on the 氵 radical page.