荼
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Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 余 represents the sound.
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Historical Evolution
荼
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
荼
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
荼
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
荼
Regular
Modern
Chinese
荼 [tú]
thistle; common sowthistle (Sonchus oleraceus); bitter (taste); cruel; flowering grass in profusion
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (12)
如火如荼 [rúhuǒrútú] #35,474
like wildfire (idiom)
荼毒 [túdú] #37,054
torment
曼荼罗 [màntúluó] #44,052
mandala (loan, Buddhism)
曼荼罗 [màntúluó] #44,052
mandala (loan, Buddhism)
荼毒生灵 [túdúshēnglíng] #66,814
to torment the people (idiom)
荼毒生灵 [túdúshēnglíng] #66,814
to torment the people (idiom)
秋荼密网 [qiūtúmìwǎng]
flowering autumn grass, fine net (idiom); fig. abundant and exacting punishments prescribed by law
秋荼密网 [qiūtúmìwǎng]
flowering autumn grass, fine net (idiom); fig. abundant and exacting punishments prescribed by law
达罗毗荼 [Dáluópítú]
Dravidian (general term for South Indian people and languages)
达罗毗荼 [Dáluópítú]
Dravidian (general term for South Indian people and languages)
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JAPANESE WORDS (16)
荼毘 [だび] #55,021
cremation
曼荼羅 [まんだら] #64,102
mandala
荼枳尼 [だきに] #114,341
Dakini (fairy-goddess)
軍荼利 [ぐんだり] #148,403
Kundali (tantric Buddhist deity)
軍荼利明王 [ぐんだりみょうおう] #157,643
Kundali
三昧耶曼荼羅 [さんまやまんだら] #174,367
samya mandala (in Shingon)
金剛界曼荼羅 [こんごうかいまんだら] #182,146
Vajradhatu Mandala
両界曼荼羅 [りょうかいまんだら] #202,433
Mandala of the Two Realms
鳩槃荼 [くはんだ] #203,360
Kumbhanda
胎蔵界曼荼羅 [たいぞうかいまんだら] #208,992
Garbhadhatu Mandala
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