竺(zhú)

8 strokes
Readingszhúdǔ

surname Zhu

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Character information

Pinyin
zhú / dǔ
Meaning
surname Zhu; abbr. for 天竺[Tian1 zhu2], India (esp. in Tang or Buddhist context); (archaic) Buddhism
Strokes
8
HSK level
—
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 竺 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿱⺮二

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

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

⺮二èr

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

How to write 竺 step by step

8 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 竺

Common words using 竺 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

tiān天zhú竺

the Indian subcontinent (esp. in Tang or Buddhist context)

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zhú竺qián乾

Buddha (archaic); Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha)

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zhú竺xué学

Buddhist doctrine (archaic); Buddhist studies

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zhú竺fǎ法

Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha, archaic)

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tiān天zhú竺kuí葵

geranium (Pelargonium hortorum)

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zhú竺kě可zhēn桢

Zhu Kezhen (1890-1974), Chinese metereologist and geologist

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From 竺’s common words

天乾学法葵可桢

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