Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 者 represents the sound.
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Historical Evolution
堵
Bronze
Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
堵
Bronze
Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
堵
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
堵
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
堵
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
堵
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
堵
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
堵
Clerical
Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
堵
Regular
Modern
Chinese
堵 [dǔ]
to block up (a road, pipe etc); to stop up (a hole); (fig.) (of a person) choked up with anxiety or stress; wall (literary); (classifier for walls)
Japanese
fence; wall; hedge
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (29)
堵住 [dǔzhù] #7,495
to block up
堵塞 [dǔsè] #10,084
to clog up
堵车 [dǔchē] #10,126
traffic jam
堵车 [dǔchē] #10,126
traffic jam
围堵 [wéidǔ] #36,186
to blockade
围堵 [wéidǔ] #36,186
to blockade
填堵 [tiándǔ] #60,970
to stuff
堵击 [dǔjī] #62,448
to intercept and attack (military)
堵击 [dǔjī] #62,448
to intercept and attack (military)
阿堵物 [ēdǔwù] #66,757
(literary) (euphemism) money (literally, "this thing")
19 more
items
JAPANESE WORDS (7)
安堵 [あんど] #3,147
relief
屠殺 [とさつ] #19,599
slaughter (of animals for meat)
安堵感 [あんどかん] #26,205
sense of relief
本領安堵 [ほんりょうあんど] #116,617
recognition and guarantee, by the shogunate, of ownership of the inherited estate of a samurai who pledged allegiance to it (in the Kamakura and early Muromachi periods)
堵列 [とれつ] #164,024
row of people lined up
堵に安んずる [とにやすんずる]
to live in peace (of the people)
堵の如し [とのごとし]
in crowds (of spectators)
KOREAN WORDS (3)