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Translingual
Han character
杜 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 木土 (DG), four-corner 44910, composition ⿰木土)
Derived characters
- 𠴗, 𢭰, 𬇩, 𨧀, 𬭊, 荰, 𥮊, 𧹥, 𬼦, 𨁥, 𪳌
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 512, character 9
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14477
- Dae Jaweon: page 897, character 10
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1157, character 2
- Unihan data for U+675C
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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社
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*ɦljaːʔ
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肚
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*ʔl'aːʔ, *l'aːʔ
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土
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*l̥ʰaːʔ, *l'aːʔ
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吐
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*l̥ʰaːʔ, *l̥ʰaːs
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芏
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*l̥ʰaːʔ
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杜
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*l'aːʔ
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靯
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*l'aːʔ
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荰
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*l'aːʔ
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Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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杜
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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12505
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Phonetic component
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土
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Rime group
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魚
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Rime subdivision
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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杜
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Old Chinese
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/*l'aːʔ/
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Definitions
杜
- birch-leaved pear (Pyrus betulifolia)
- to stop; to prevent; to block
- 防微杜漸/防微杜渐 ― fángwēidùjiàn ― to nip in the bud
- to reject
- (obsolete) to pound; to strike
- (obsolete, dialectal) astringent
- (obsolete, dialectal) root
- Asarum forbesii
- Pollia japonica
- name of an ancient pre-Qin state located in present-day Xi'an, Shaanxi
- a surname
- 杜甫 ― Dù Fǔ ― Du Fu (Tang dynasty Chinese poet)
Compounds
Descendants
Others:
Etymology 2
Possibly be a Kra-Dai substrate word; compare Zhuang duz (classifier for animals), which is a prefix found in the vocabulary for many animals like duzgip (“centipede”), duzgyau (“spider”) and duzlingz (“monkey”) (Zhao, 1991; Tu, 2018).
Pronunciation
Definitions
杜
- (Eastern Min, Southern Min) Prefix found in the names of certain animals.
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
杜
(Jinmeiyō kanji)
- careless
- woods; grove
- Chinese family name "Du"
Readings
Compounds
Etymology 1
Noun
杜 • (mori)
- a shrine grove
- a forest
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Noun
杜 • (yamanashi)
- wild Japanese pear or mountain pear
Etymology 3
Proper noun
杜 • (To)
- Du Fu, Chinese poet
Korean
Hanja
杜 • (du) (hangeul 두, revised du, McCune–Reischauer tu, Yale twu)
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Vietnamese
Han character
杜: Hán Việt readings: đỗ (動五切)[1][2][3][4], đổ[5]
杜: Nôm readings: đỗ[1][2][3][4][5][6], đậu[3][7][4][5][6], đổ[2][3][7], dỏ[4][5][6], đũa[1][3], đỏ[3][7], dỗ[1], đủ[1], giỗ[1], rổ[1], trỗ[1]
- chữ Hán form of Đỗ (“a surname”).
- 杜氏海燕 ― Đỗ Thị Hải Yến
References