tú
荼 (tú) is a Chinese word meaning “thistle; common sowthistle (Sonchus oleraceus); bitter (taste)”.
Meanings
- 1thistle
- 2common sowthistle (Sonchus oleraceus)
- 3bitter (taste)
- 4cruel
- 5flowering grass in profusion
Related words
如火如荼like wildfire (idiom)荼毒(literary) to cause great suffering曼荼罗(Buddhism) (loanword from Sanskrit) mandala秋荼密网flowering autumn grass, fine net (idiom); fig. abundant and exacting punishments prescribed by law荼毒生灵to torment the people (idiom)食荼卧棘to eat bitter fruit and lie on thorns (idiom); to share the hard life of the common people达罗毗荼Dravidian (general term for South Indian people and languages)