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Character Decomposition
住=亻+主
Etymology
A person 亻 who hosts 主; 主 also provides the pronunciation
Meanings
to live; to reside; to stay
to stop; to cease
(result complement indicating firmness or a stable achieved state)
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Words with 住 203 total
(verb complement) unable to firmly or securely (grasp, recall etc) · repeatedly; continuously; constantly不住bù zhùto stop · to halt打住dǎ zhùto entangle · to hinder · to impede movement绊住bàn zhùto detain · to hold back by force · to buckle · to hook扣住kòu zhùto ask sb to stay · to keep sb for the night · to await (classical)留住liú zhùto dwell · to live栖住qī zhùto migrate · to resettle移住yí zhùto stop · to halt · to cease停住tíng zhù