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荼

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荼

  • tú (tu²) Mandarin, Pinyin
  • ㄊㄨˊ Mandarin, Bopomofo
  • tou⁴ Cantonese, Jyutping
  • tu² Hakka, 梅縣, 客家話拼音
  • tô͘ Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • tú Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
  • ㄊㄨˊ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Bopomofo
  • tú Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Tongyong Pinyin
  • tʻu² Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Wade–Giles
  • tú Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Yale
  • twu Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Gwoyeu Romatsyh
  • ту Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Cyrillic
  • /tʰu³⁵/ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological IPA
  • tou⁴ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • tòuh Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • /tʰou̯²¹/ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • tu² Hakka, 梅州話, 客家話拼音
  • /tʰu¹¹/ Hakka, IPA, 梅州話
  • tôo Min Nan, Hokkien, Tâi lô
  • doo Min Nan, Hokkien, Phofsit Daibuun
  • /tɔ²⁴/ Min Nan, Hokkien, IPA
  • /tɔ¹³/ Min Nan, Hokkien, IPA
  • /tɔ²³/ Min Nan, Hokkien, IPA
  • drae Middle Chinese
  • du Middle Chinese
  • yé (ye²) Mandarin, Pinyin
  • ㄧㄝˊ Mandarin, Bopomofo
  • yé Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
  • ㄧㄝˊ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Bopomofo
  • yé Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Tongyong Pinyin
  • yeh² Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Wade–Giles
  • yé Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Yale
  • ye Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Gwoyeu Romatsyh
  • е Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Cyrillic
  • /jɛ³⁵/ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological IPA
  • shū (shu¹) Mandarin, Pinyin
  • ㄕㄨ Mandarin, Bopomofo
  • syu¹ Cantonese, Jyutping
  • shū Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
  • ㄕㄨ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Bopomofo
  • shu Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Tongyong Pinyin
  • shu¹ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Wade–Giles
  • shū Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Yale
  • shu Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Gwoyeu Romatsyh
  • шу Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Cyrillic
  • /ʂu⁵⁵/ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological IPA
  • syu¹ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • syū Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • sy¹ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • xu¹ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • /syː⁵⁵/ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou

Where it comes from

形聲漢字（上古 *rlaː, *ɦlja, *l'aː）：意符 艸 (“草”) + 聲符 余 (上古 *la) 。

釋義

  1. 苦菜
  2. figuratively 疼痛；痛苦
  3. 茅、蘆的白花

釋義

  1. 姓氏

釋義

  1. 僅用於神荼。

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MLA

"荼." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/zh/%E8%8D%BC. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

荼. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E8%8D%BC

Chicago

"荼." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E8%8D%BC.

BibTeX
@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {荼},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E8%8D%BC},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}