Memory phrase for the character: 荼

荼

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Meaning

thistle, common sowthistle, bitter (taste), cruel

Pronunciation

tú

Explanation

Top: plant 艹, bottom: excess, remain 余 (A heap

is still on the altar 示, thus in excess.)

Mnemonic

(The cattle do not eat it:) The plant that remains is: the thistle.

Radicals

艹	grass, plant	Grass or a rapid growing plant in general. It shows two plants growing through the ground, and is a simple variation of 艸.
余	remaining, excess	A heap remained on the altar, and thus is in excess.

Vocabulary

食荼卧棘	shí tú wò jí	to eat bitter fruit and lie on thorns (idiom); to share the hard life of the common people
达罗毗荼	Dá luó pí tú	Dravidian (general term for South Indian people and languages)
如火如荼	rú huǒ rú tú	lit. white cogon flower like fire (idiom); fig. a mighty army like wildfire; daunting and vigorous (momentum); flourishing; magnificent
如火如荼	rú huǒ rú tú

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