杜

Translingual

Han character

杜 (radical 75 木+3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 木土 (DG), four-corner 4491₀)

1. stop, prevent
2. restrict
3. used as a surname

References

• KangXi: page 512, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14477
• Dae Jaweon: page 897, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1157, character 2
• Unihan data for U+675C

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Cantonese

Hanzi

杜 (Yale dou6)

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Japanese

Kanji

杜 (“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. careless
2. woods; grove
3. Chinese family name "Du"

Readings

• Goon: ず (zu)
• On (unclassified): と (to)
• Kun: もり (mori), ふさぐ (fusagu), やまなし (yamanashi)

Compounds

• 杜撰 (ずさん, zusan): careless, slipshod, faulty
• 杜松 (ねず, nezu): Juniperus rigida (Temple Juniper)
• 杜氏 (とじ, toji): chief brewer at a sake brewery
• 杜漏 (ずろう, zurō): careless, negligent
• 杜絶/途絶 (とぜつ, tozetsu): stoppage; interruption; cessation; suspension
• 杜若 (かきつばた, kakitsubata): Iris laevigata (Rabbit-Ear Iris)

Derived terms

• 杜撰脱漏 (ずさんだつろう, zusandatsurō): careless (slipshod) and with many omissions
• 杜の都 (もりのみやこ, mori no miyako): lit. City of Trees. Nickname for Sendai, Japan
• 鎮守の杜 (ちんじゅのもり, chinju no mori): grove of the village shrine

Synonyms

• 森 (もり, mori)
• 途 (と, to)

References

JIS: 454E Kuten: 3746 Shift JIS: 936d EUC-JP: C5CE Frequency: 2062 Nelson: 2188

New Nelson: 2560 Halpern: 835 Halpern Learners: 559 Heisig: 2500 Tuttle Kanji Dictionary: 4a3.1

1. Source: EDICT and KANJIDIC files licensed by the Electronic Dictionaries Research Group.

Usage notes

杜 is included in a planned expansion of the general use Jōyō kanji by the Japanese government.

• The Japan Times (October 21, 2009). Get set for next year's overhaul of joyo kanji. Accessed February 23, 2010.

Noun

杜 (hiragana やまなし, romaji yamanashi)

1. Wild Japanese pear or mountain pear

Proper noun

杜 (hiragana と, romaji to)

1. 杜甫 (とほ, to ho): Du Fu (712–770), a Chinese poet

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Korean

Hanja

杜 (hangeul 두, revised du, McCune-Reischauer tu, Yale twu)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

杜 (pinyin dù (du4), Wade-Giles tu⁴)

Proper noun

杜甫 (pinyin Dù Fǔ; Wade-Giles Tu⁴ Fu³)

1. Du Fu (712–770): a Chinese poet

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Vietnamese

杜 (đỗ, đậu, đỏ, đổ, đuã)