杜

dù

birchleaf pear (tree) · to stop

Radical: 木 Strokes: 7

Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Common

Same radical

机木本林来格树板横极松朱

Same radical

机木本林来格树板横极松朱条权术

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Character Decomposition

杜=木+土

Etymology

tree

Meanings

birchleaf pear (tree)

to stop

to prevent

to restrict

dù

surname Du

Dù

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Words with 杜 101 total

eucommia (a kind of rubber tree)杜仲dù zhòng to remain silent杜口dù kǒu Doha, capital of Qatar (Tw)杜哈Dù hā to stop · to block杜塞dù sè Du Wei (1982-), Shanghai soccer star · Dewey (name)杜威Dù Wēi cuckoo · same as杜宇dù yǔ Du Kang, legendary inventor of wine杜康Dù Kāng Dubai (Tw)杜拜Dù bài to fabricate · to make sth up · invented杜撰dù zhuàn birchleaved pear (Pyrus betulaefolia)杜梨dù lí Dolby (audio technology)杜比Dù bǐ Du Mu (803-852) Tang dynasty poet杜牧Dù Mù Du Fu (712-770), great Tang dynasty poet杜甫Dù Fǔ to put an end to杜绝dù jué Asarum forbesii (wild ginger plant)杜蘅dù héng Asarum forbesii (wild ginger plant)杜衡dù héng DuPont (company)杜邦Dù bāng to close the door (lit. and fig.)杜门dù mén Duma, lower chamber of Russian parliament杜马Dù mǎ cuckoo (Cercococcyx spp., also written) · Indian azalea (Rhododendron simsii Planch, also written)杜鹃dù juān to prevent防杜fáng dù (bird species of China) common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)大杜鹃dà dù juān Li Bai 李白 and Du Fu 杜甫大李杜Dà Lǐ Dù (bird species of China) lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)小杜鹃xiǎo dù juān

Idioms with 杜 35 total Chain

to nip in the bud杜渐防萌dù jiān fáng méng lit. the cuckoo, after its tears are exhausted, continues by weeping blood (idiom) · fig. extreme grief杜鹃啼血dù juān tí xuè too frightened to move or speak杜口裹足dù kǒu guǒ zú

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