诸 (zhū) is a Chinese character meaning “all”. It is written from 讠 (speech radical) and 者 ("the one who"; a person or thing (as a suffix)), side by side, and takes 10 strokes.
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Structure
讠 + 者
Left–right structure
Structure from: 说文解字: 諸，辯也。从言者聲；现代字形与笔顺数据（10 画 = 讠 2 画 + 者 8 画）
Memory aid
Speech (讠) addressed to those people (者): when you speak to the whole room, you are talking to all of them — "ladies and gentlemen, everyone".
This is a memory aid, not the historical origin.
Stroke order
10 strokes
In real words
- 诸位zhū wèieveryone; ladies and gentlemen (polite form of address)诸 = zhū
- 诸如zhū rúsuch as; for example诸 = zhū
Go deeper
All readings
all; various
all; various; the many (formal, used before nouns)
众多，各个；多用于书面语，放在名词前。 — studyhanzi 编写
Words with this reading
- 诸位zhū wèieveryone; ladies and gentlemen (polite form of address)诸 = zhū
- 诸如zhū rúsuch as; for example诸 = zhū
Sound component
者 family
Stroke data: hanzi-writer-data (Arphic Public License) · licenses & attributions
Questions people ask about this character
What does 诸 mean?
诸 (zhū) means all; various; the many (formal, used before nouns).
How do you pronounce 诸?
It is pronounced zhū.
What parts is 诸 made of?
讠 (speech radical) and 者 ("the one who"; a person or thing (as a suffix)), side by side. The recorded source is: 说文解字: 諸，辯也。从言者聲；现代字形与笔顺数据（10 画 = 讠 2 画 + 者 8 画）. Components are the building blocks of the shape; the radical used for dictionary lookup is a separate thing.
How many strokes does 诸 have?
10. You can watch the stroke order on this page, or trace it yourself.
What is the radical of 诸?
讠. The radical is how the character is filed in a dictionary — it is not the whole story of how the character is built.
What words use 诸?
Common ones are 诸位 and 诸如. The reading of 诸 is not the same in every word, so each word on this page shows which reading applies.