杜
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birchleaf pear (tree); to stop; to prevent; to restrict
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Dict coverage rank #1,064 U+675C
How 杜 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
木 (semantic, “tree”) + 土 (phonetic, tǔ)
How to remember it
prevent · Heisig RSH #1569
木 tree + 土 soil
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 土
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 土 (tǔ) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 土 sound component | tǔ | soil, earth; items made of earth |
| 吐 | tǔ | to vomit, to spew out, to cough up; to say |
| 肚 | dù | belly; abdomen, bowels |
| 牡 | mǔ | male animal; key, door bolt |
| 坤 | kūn | earth; feminine |
| 墅 | shù | villa, country house |
| 芏 | dù | Shichito matgrass |
| 钍 | tǔ | thorium |
Words containing 杜
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 杜尔伯特蒙古族自治县 | Dù ěr bó tè Měng gǔ zú Zì zhì xiàn | Dorbod Mongol Autonomous County, in Daqing City 大慶市|大庆市[Da4 qing4 Shi4], Heilongjiang |
| 杜布罗夫尼克 | Dù bù luó fū ní kè | Dubrovnik (city in Croatia) |
| 杜门不出 | dù mén bù chū | see 閉門不出|闭门不出[bi4 men2 bu4 chu1] |
| 杜尔伯特县 | Dù ěr bó tè Xiàn | see 杜爾伯特蒙古族自治縣|杜尔伯特蒙古族自治县[Du4 er3 bo2 te4 Meng3 gu3 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4] |
| 亚历山大·杜布切克 | Yà lì shān dà · Dù bù qiē kè | Alexander Dubček (1921-1992), leader of Czechoslovakia (1968-1969) |
| 杜尔伯特 | Dù ěr bó tè | see 杜爾伯特蒙古族自治縣|杜尔伯特蒙古族自治县[Du4 er3 bo2 te4 Meng3 gu3 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4] |
| 杜塞尔多夫 | Dù sài ěr duō fū | Düsseldorf (city in Germany) |
| 反杜林论 | Fǎn Dù lín Lùn | Anti-Dühring, book by Friedrich Engels 恩格斯[En1 ge2 si1] |
| 杜松子酒 | dù sōng zǐ jiǔ | gin |
| 瓦加杜古 | Wǎ jiā dù gǔ | Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso |
| 杜集区 | Dù jí Qū | Duji, a district of Huaibei City 淮北市[Huai2 bei3 Shi4], Anhui |
| 杜本内 | Dù běn nèi | Dubonnet (name); Dubonnet (red vermouth aperitif wine) |
| 杜塞道夫 | Dù sè dào fū | (Tw) Düsseldorf (city in Germany) |
| 迪吉里杜管 | dí jí lǐ dù guǎn | (loanword) didgeridoo |
| 杜松子 | dù sōng zǐ | juniper berry |
| 大李杜 | Dà Lǐ Dù | Li Bai 李白[Li3 Bai2] and Du Fu 杜甫[Du4 Fu3] |
| 杜马 | Dù mǎ | Duma, lower chamber of Russian parliament |
| 杜兴氏肌肉营养不良症 | Dù xīng shì jī ròu yíng yǎng bù liáng zhèng | Duchenne muscular dystrophy |
| 喜马拉雅中杜鹃 | Xǐ mǎ lā yǎ zhōng dù juān | (bird species of China) Himalayan cuckoo (Cuculus saturatus) |
| 普密蓬·阿杜德 | Pǔ mì péng · Ā dù dé | Bhumibol Adulyadej (1927-2016), king of Thailand 1946-2016 |