杜 — kanji meaning “woods”
杜
woods, grove
- Meanings
- woods, grove
- On'yomi
- ト (to)、トウ (tou)、ズ (zu)
- Kun'yomi
- もり、ふさ.ぐ、やまなし
- Strokes
- 7
- School grade
- 9
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #2062 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 75
- Chinese reading
- dù — Chinese character page
Words with 杜
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 杜撰 | ずさん zusan | careless; sloppy; faulty |
| 杜氏 | とうじ touji | chief brewer at a sake brewery |
| 杜若 | かきつばた kakitsubata | rabbitear iris (Iris laevigata) |
| 杜鵑 | とけん token | lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus) |
| 杜漏 | ずろう zurou | careless; negligent |
| 杜父魚 | かくぶつ kakubutsu | fourspine sculpin (species of fish, Cottus kazika) |
| 鎮守の杜 | ちんじゅのもり chinjunomori | grove of the village shrine |
| 杜の都 | もりのみやこ morinomiyako | Capital of Trees (nickname for Sendai city) |
| 杜撰脱漏 | ずさんだつろう zusandatsurou | careless (slipshod) and with many omissions |
| 杜仲茶 | とちゅうちゃ tochuucha | Tochū tea (high in minerals and reputed to be beneficial for weight loss and in cases of high blood pressure) |
| 杜仲 | とちゅう tochuu | hardy rubber tree (near-threatened species often used in Chinese medicine, Eucommia ulmoides) |
| 杜鵑草 | ほととぎす hototogisu | toad lily (Tricyrtis hirta) |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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