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荼
tú
1.
thistle
2.
common sowthistle (Sonchus oleraceus)
3.
bitter (taste)
4.
cruel
5.
flowering grass in profusion
Uncommon • Top 31%
✏️ 11 strokes
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (7)
荼毒
túdú
torment
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
如火如荼
rúhuǒrútú
lit. white cogon flower like fire (idiom); fig. a mighty army like wildfire
荼毒生灵
túdúshēnglíng
to torment the people (idiom)
达罗毗荼
Dáluópítú
Dravidian (general term for South Indian people and languages)
食荼卧棘
shítúwòjí
to eat bitter fruit and lie on thorns (idiom); to share the hard life of the common people
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- Character Frequency Rank
- 3,929
- Word Frequency Rank
- 26,135 of 84,292