# zhu

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #24,964

## Definitions
1. 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.

## Etymology
The atonal Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 銖 /铢 (zhū).

## Easily confused with
- **Zo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/zhu-vs-zo)
- **zoo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/zhu-vs-zoo)
- **zip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/zhu-vs-zip)
- **Zoe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/zhu-vs-zoe)
- **zig** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/zhu-vs-zig)
- **Zia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/zhu-vs-zia)
- **Zim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/zhu-vs-zim)
- **Zulu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/zhu-vs-zulu)
- **z** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/z-vs-zhu)
- **za** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/za-vs-zhu)
- **ze** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ze-vs-zhu)
- **Zen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/zen-vs-zhu)
- **zac** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/zac-vs-zhu)
- **zee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/zee-vs-zhu)
- **zak** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/zak-vs-zhu)
- **zed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/zed-vs-zhu)
- **zap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/zap-vs-zhu)
- **z's** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/z-s-vs-zhu)
- **zag** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/zag-vs-zhu)
- **Zeus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/zeus-vs-zhu)

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/zhu