荼 chá yé shū tú

bitter vegetable

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DEFINITIONS

荼 tú
  • thistle
  • common sowthistle (Sonchus oleraceus)
  • bitter (taste)
  • cruel
  • flowering grass in profusion

STROKES

荼 stroke order diagram
荼 stroke order animation

WORDS

如火如荼 rú huǒ rú tú like wildfire (idiom); unstoppable
荼毒 tú dú torment; cruelty; great suffering
曼荼罗 màn tú luó mandala (loan, Buddhism)
曼荼羅 màn tú luó mandala (loan, Buddhism)
秋荼密网 qiū tú mì wǎng flowering autumn grass, fine net (idiom); fig. abundant and exacting punishments prescribed by law
秋荼密網 qiū tú mì wǎng flowering autumn grass, fine net (idiom); fig. abundant and exacting punishments prescribed by law
荼毒生灵 tú dú shēng líng to torment the people (idiom)
荼毒生靈 tú dú shēng líng to torment the people (idiom)
达罗毗荼 dá luó pí tú Dravidian (general term for South Indian people and languages)
達羅毗荼 dá luó pí tú Dravidian (general term for South Indian people and languages)
食荼卧棘 shí tú wò jí to eat bitter fruit and lie on thorns (idiom); to share the hard life of the common people
食荼臥棘 shí tú wò jí to eat bitter fruit and lie on thorns (idiom); to share the hard life of the common people
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