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杜
Dù
1. surname Du
Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 7 strokes Noun

Character Breakdown (Single character)

杜
dù
to prevent, to restrict, to stop; surname
HSK 6 7 丶

Compound Words (20)

杜仲
dùzhòng
eucommia (a kind of rubber tree)
杜口
dùkǒu
to remain silent
杜哈
Dùhā
Doha, capital of Qatar (Tw)
杜塞
dùsè
to stop
杜威
DùWēi
Du Wei (1982-), Shanghai soccer star
杜宇
dùyǔ
cuckoo
杜康
DùKāng
Du Kang, legendary inventor of wine
杜拜
Dùbài
Dubai
杜撰
dùzhuàn
to fabricate
杜梨
dùlí
birchleaved pear (Pyrus betulaefolia)
杜比
Dùbǐ
Dolby (audio technology)
杜牧
DùMù
Du Mu (803-852) Tang dynasty poet
杜甫
DùFǔ
Du Fu (712-770), great Tang dynasty poet
杜绝
dùjué
to put an end to
HSK 6
杜蘅
dùhéng
Asarum forbesii (wild ginger plant)
杜衡
dùhéng
Asarum forbesii (wild ginger plant)
杜邦
Dùbāng
DuPont (company)
杜门
dùmén
to close the door (also fig.)
杜集
Dùjí
Duji district of Huaibei city [[淮北市<Huáiběishì>]], Anhui
杜马
Dùmǎ
Duma, lower chamber of Russian parliament

Alternate Entries

杜
dù
birchleaf pear (tree) / to stop / to prevent / to restrict

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
1,276
Word Frequency Rank
1,251 of 84,292

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