Chinese Word: 竺 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

竺Polyphone (多音字)

Total strokes: 8; Radical: 竹

Ideographic:A kind 二 of bamboo ⺮; ⺮ also provides the pronunciation

Character Formation:

Similar Characters: 巨叵竻

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Pinyin: dǔ

English Definition:variant of 笃

Chinese Definition:
①古同“笃”，厚。

Pinyin: zhú

English Definition:surname Zhu; abbr. for 天竺 India (esp. in Tang or Buddhist context); Buddhism (archaic)

Chinese Definition:
①(天竺)印度的古称。
②姓氏。

Example Words:

天竺葵	tiān zhú kuí	geranium (Pelargonium hortorum)
天竺	tiān zhú	the Indian subcontinent (esp. in Tang or Buddhist context)
天竺鼠	tiān zhú shǔ	guinea pig; cavy
竺可桢	zhú kě zhēn	Zhu Kezhen (1890-1974), Chinese metereologist and geologist
天竺牡丹	tiān zhú mǔ dan	dahlia