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荼

tú

a bitter vegetable

🔤 Pictophonetic: 艹 (plant) provides meaning, 余 provides pronunciation
HSK 10 strokes Uncommon (40%)
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Component Breakdown

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艹
cǎo
grass, weed, plant, herb
余
yú
surplus, remainder; surname
⿱艹余 i

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Component Tree i

cǎo
艹
grass, weed, plant, herb
📷 Pictographic: Simplified form of 艸; grass sprouting
3 strokes
yú
余
surplus, remainder; surname
7 strokes HSK 5

Words Using 荼 (8)

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