杜 — Chinese character
杜
dù
to prevent, to restrict, to stop; surname
- Pinyin
- dù
- Radical
- 75 ⽊ (Tree)
- Strokes
- 7
- Components
- 木 土
- Formation
- pictophonetic — tree; meaning component 木; sound component 土
- Japanese
- 杜 as a kanji
Common words with 杜
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 杜绝 (杜絕) | dù jué | to put an end to |
| 杜鹃 (杜鵑) | dù juān | cuckoo (Cercococcyx spp., also written 杜鵑鳥|杜鹃鸟); Indian azalea (Rhododendron simsii Planch, also written 杜鵑花|杜鹃花) |
| 杜撰 | dù zhuàn | to fabricate; to make sth up |
| 杜鹃花 (杜鵑花) | dù juān huā | Indian Azalea (Rhododendron simsii Planch) |
| 杜仲 | dù zhòng | eucommia (a kind of rubber tree) |
| 杜塞 | dù sè | to stop; to block |
| 防微杜渐 (防微杜漸) | fáng wēi dù jiàn | to nip in the bud (idiom) |
| 杜宇 | dù yǔ | cuckoo; same as 杜鵑鳥|杜鹃鸟 |
| 杜松子酒 | dù sōng zǐ jiǔ | gin |
| 杜宾犬 (杜賓犬) | dù bīn quǎn | Doberman (dog breed) |
| 杜冷丁 | dù lěng dīng | (medicine) dolantin (loanword); pethidine |
| 杜松子 (杜鬆子) | dù sōng zǐ | juniper berry |
English words written with 杜
杜 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 2
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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