Ideographic: A strong 巩 bamboo ⺮ building; ⺮ also provides the pronunciationRadical:

meaning for zhù:

  • - to build
  • - to construct
  • - to ram
  • - to hit
  • - Taiwan pr. [zhu2]
  • - five-string lute
  • - Taiwan pr. [zhu2]
  • - short name for Guiyang 贵阳 to construct
  • - building
  • - Classifiers: 个 to build
  • - to constructbuilding
  • - structure
  • - edificesuperstructurebuilding industry