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毒
dú
1. poison
2. to poison
3. poisonous
4. malicious
5. cruel
6. fierce
7. narcotics
Very Common • Top 2% ✏️ 9 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

毒
dú
poison, venom; drug, narcotic
HSK 5 9 丶

Compound Words (20)

㐖毒
Yèdú
India (archaic)
下毒
xiàdú
to put poison in sth
中毒
zhòngdú
to be poisoned
丹毒
dāndú
erysipelas (medicine)
冰毒
bīngdú
methamphetamine
刻毒
kèdú
spiteful
剧毒
jùdú
highly toxic
吸毒
xīdú
to take drugs
尿毒
niàodú
uremia (medicine)
屠毒
túdú
poison
巫毒
wūdú
voodoo (loanword)
心毒
xīndú
cruel
恶毒
èdú
malicious
惨毒
cǎndú
cruel
戒毒
jièdú
to give up drug
拔毒
bádú
draw out pus by applying a plaster to the affected area
括毒
kuòdú
venomous
排毒
páidú
to expel poison (from the system)
放毒
fàngdú
to poison
败毒
bàidú
(TCM) to relieve inflamation and internal heat

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
946
Word Frequency Rank
1,351 of 84,292

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