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注 8 strokes

注 zhù — to annotate; to provide explanatory notes on a written text

8 strokes · radical 氵 (water) · traditional 註

12 strokes · radical 言 (speech) · simplified 注

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A way to remember it

Water beside 主. Pouring, then pouring attention onto something: 注意, 注册.

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Water beside 主.

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Shown in simplified. Converting whole words needs one-to-many knowledge this site does not have — 发 is 發 in 出发 but 髮 in 头发 — and a confidently wrong word would be worse than an honest simplified one.

注意注定关注

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