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荼
tú
a bitter vegetable
🔤 Pictophonetic:
艹 (plant) provides meaning, 余 provides pronunciation
Words Using 荼 (8)
Character
Pinyin
Definition
HSK
荼毒
túdú
torment / cruelty / great suffering
荼毒
túdú
torment / cruelty / great suffering
荼
tú
thistle / common sowthistle (Sonchus oleraceus) / bitter (taste) / cruel / flowering grass in profusion
荼
tú
thistle / common sowthistle (Sonchus oleraceus) / bitter (taste) / cruel / flowering grass in profusion
曼荼罗
màntúluó
mandala (loan, Buddhism)
曼荼罗
màntúluó
mandala (loan, Buddhism)
秋荼密网
qiūtúmìwǎng
flowering autumn grass, fine net (idiom); fig. abundant and exacting punishments prescribed by law
秋荼密网
qiūtúmìwǎng
flowering autumn grass, fine net (idiom); fig. abundant and exacting punishments prescribed by law
荼毒生灵
túdúshēnglíng
to torment the people (idiom)
荼毒生灵
túdúshēnglíng
to torment the people (idiom)
达罗毗荼
Dáluópítú
Dravidian (general term for South Indian people and languages)
达罗毗荼
Dáluópítú
Dravidian (general term for South Indian people and languages)
如火如荼
rúhuǒrútú
lit. white cogon flower like fire (idiom); fig. a mighty army like wildfire / daunting and vigorous (momentum) / flourishing / magnificent
如火如荼
rúhuǒrútú
lit. white cogon flower like fire (idiom); fig. a mighty army like wildfire / daunting and vigorous (momentum) / flourishing / magnificent
食荼卧棘
shítúwòjí
to eat bitter fruit and lie on thorns (idiom); to share the hard life of the common people
食荼卧棘
shítúwòjí
to eat bitter fruit and lie on thorns (idiom); to share the hard life of the common people
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⿱艹余
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