tú
bitter vegetable
Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 余 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
tú
bitter vegetable; thistle; common sowthistle (Sonchus oleraceus); bitter (taste); cruel; flowering grass in profusion
Most common words with 荼
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
unstoppable | ||
thistle | ||
torment | ||
mandala (loan, Buddhism) | ||
to torment the people (idiom) |
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