竺
Meanings
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- 1.surname Zhu
- 2.abbr. for 天竺[Tiān zhú], India (esp. in Tang or Buddhist context)
- 3.(archaic) Buddhism
- 1.variant of 笃[dǔ]
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Wiktionary
- 1.Original form of 篤/笃 (dǔ, “thick; sincere; serious”).
- 2.An ancient placename.
- 3.bamboo
- 4.relating to India or Buddhism; Buddhist
- 5.Name of a mountain in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province.
- 6.Name of an ancient musical instrument.
- 7.a surname, commonly adopted by early Buddhist monks.
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Etymology
Shuowen: Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *tuːɡ, *tuːɡ, *tuɡ): phonetic 𥫗 (OC *tuɡ) + semantic 二 ― thick.
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Related words
竺乾 Buddha (archaic)竺书 Buddhist texts (archaic)竺学 Buddhist doctrine (archaic)竺法 Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha, archaic)竺教 Buddhism (archaic)天竺 the Indian subcontinent (esp. in Tang or Buddhist context)竺可桢 Zhu Kezhen (1890-1974), Chinese metereologist and geologist天竺鼠 guinea pig天竺葵 geranium (Pelargonium hortorum)天竺牡丹 dahlia