Where does “zhu” come from?
zhu (English) comes from Chinese 筑.
zhu (English): An ancient Chinese unit of weight, notionally equivalent to 100 millet seeds or 1/24 of the liang/tael/Chinese ounce, chiefly used in denominating small coins in ancient and early imperial China
Definitions
- An ancient Chinese unit of weight, notionally equivalent to 100 millet seeds or 1/24 of the liang/tael/Chinese ounce, chiefly used in denominating small coins in ancient and early imperial China
Ancestry of “zhu”, step by step
zhu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Chinese 筑
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chinese | 筑 | — |
via Chinese Mandarin 朱
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chinese Mandarin | 朱 | — |