荼
a bitter vegetable; thistle; common sowthistle (Sonchus oleraceus); bitter (taste); cruel; flowering grass in profusion
- Strokes
- 10
- Pinyin
- tú
Parts
Words with 荼
- 荼毒tú dú · tudu(literary) to cause great suffering
- 曼荼罗màn tú luó · mantuluo(Buddhism) (loanword from Sanskrit) mandala
- 如火如荼rú huǒ rú tú · ruhuorutulike wildfire (idiom); unstoppable
- 秋荼密网qiū tú mì wǎng · qiutumiwangflowering autumn grass, fine net (idiom); fig. abundant and exacting punishments prescribed by law
- 荼毒生灵tú dú shēng líng · tudushenglingto torment the people (idiom)
- 达罗毗荼dá luó pí tú · daluopituDravidian (general term for South Indian people and languages)
- 食荼卧棘shí tú wò jí · shituwojito eat bitter fruit and lie on thorns (idiom); to share the hard life of the common people