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住 — to live; to reside; to stay

to live; to reside; to stay; to stop; to cease

Pinyin
zhù
Strokes
7
HSK level
HSK 1
Handwriting
recognition only

How to write 住: 7 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.

住 — 7 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 住 in the HSK syllabus: 12

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 住zhùto live; to reside; to stay; to stop; to ceaseHSK 1
  2. 住院zhùyuànto stay in hospital; to be hospitalizedHSK 3
  3. 入住rùzhùto check in; to move intoHSK 4
  4. 居住jūzhùto reside; to dwell; to live in a place; resident inHSK 5
  5. 住房zhùfánghousingHSK 5
  6. 住宿zhùsùto stay at; lodging; accommodationHSK 5
  7. 住址zhùzhǐaddressHSK 5
  8. 衣食住行yī-shí-zhù-xíngclothing, food, housing and transportationHSK 6
  9. 住宅zhùzháiresidence; dwelling; abodeHSK 6
  10. 禁不住jīnbuzhùcan't help it; can't bear itHSK 7–9
  11. 住处zhùchùresidence; dwellingHSK 7–9
  12. 住户zhùhùhousehold; inhabitant; householderHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.