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