zhu

/ZH UW1/
noun
  1. 1

    (music, historical) An ancient Chinese string instrument thought to have had a rectangular zither-like body with silk strings played with a bow.

  2. 2

    (historical) 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.

  3. 3

    A surname from Chinese.

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