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矗

chù
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 to tower
  2. 2 to stand tall and upright

Examples

广场中央矗立着一座纪念碑。
Guǎngchǎng zhōngyāng chùlì zhe yí zuò jìniànbēi.
A monument towers in the center of the square.
摩天大楼矗入云霄。
Mótiān dàlóu chù rù yúnxiāo.
Skyscrapers rise straight up into the clouds.

Tips

memory
矗 is three 直 (straight) stacked up: triple-straight means standing perfectly upright and tall. The everyday word is 矗立 (to tower), for monuments, towers, and mountains.

Components

semantic
直 zhí
straight; upright
The top 直, picturing an eye sighting along a straight line. Indexed under Kangxi radical 109 目 (mù, eye), which sits inside this 直. Stacking three of them piles 'straight' on 'straight' to mean towering.
semantic
直 zhí
straight; upright
The lower-left 直, compressed beside its twin. Repeating the 'straight' graph intensifies the meaning, like saying tall, tall, and tall again.
semantic
直 zhí
straight; upright
The lower-right 直, the third copy. Three identical 'straight' components together give the sense of something rising rigidly upright and high.

Filed under radical 目 (mù, #109) by convention. 目 is not a separate component in 矗, so no strokes are highlighted.

Stroke Order

矗 chù