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Kanji Detail for 杜 - "grove"

杜

  • Meaning

    杜 means "grove." Also associated with wild pear, close.

    1. Wild pear - A deciduous tree of the rose family.

    2. Grove - A forest, especially around a shrine.

    3. Close - To shut; to block; to seal.

  • Words using 杜

    • 杜撰 ずさん Listen careless; sloppy; faulty

  • Four-character idioms with 杜

    • 杜撰脱漏 ずさんだつろう Listen careless (slipshod) and with many omissions

  • Tattoo check: 杜

    • Verified meaning: grove
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read と, とう, どう, とじゅ)
    • Also carries these associations: wild pear, close

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 杜

    Given names 杜(もり)Listen

    Surnames 杜(と)Listen 杜(とう)Listen 杜(どう)Listen 杜(とじゅ)Listen 杜(とん)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    woods; grove

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    stop, prevent; restrict; surname

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Du

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to prevent, to restrict, to stop; surname

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A tree name. In ancient times also called 甘棠. Leaves are large and oval. White flowers. Oval fruit less than an inch long, edible after frost. Red ones are 杜, sour and astringent. White ones are 棠, sweet. Both colloquially called 杜梨 or 棠梨. | A fragrant plant name. Such as 杜蘅, 杜若, both in "Songs of Chu." | To block. Such as 杜絕私弊 (to completely stop private abuses). | Anything fabricated without basis is called 杜. Such as 杜撰 (to fabricate). | Colloquially, local products are called 杜. Such as 杜布 (local cloth), 杜米 (local rice).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    to(ト) ト

    toh(トウ) トウ

    zu(ズ) ズ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    fusa.gu(ふさ-ぐ) ふさ-ぐ

    mori(もり) もり

    yamanashi(やまなし) やまなし

  • Strokes

    tip

    7 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    木 (ki・kihen)

  • Related Keywords

    wild pear grove close forest woods tree timber shrine shut foliage greenery nature

Sentences including 杜

  • I usually cut loose a bit and drink plenty before a day off work, but if my drinks are cut with tochu tea, then I get absolutely no hangover.

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