zhú, dǔ
India
A kind 二 of bamboo ⺮; ⺮ also provides the pronunciation
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 竺
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
the Indian subcontinent (esp. in Tang or Buddhist context) | ||
surname Zhu | ||
cavy | ||
geranium (Pelargonium hortorum) | ||
Zhu Kezhen (1890-1974), Chinese metereologist and geologist |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
3439th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 8 |
Unicode | U+7AFA |
Shuowen | “竺，厚也。从二，竹聲。” |
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