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Mythic Mandarin

杜 (dù): meaning and stroke order

杜 (dù) means birchleaf pear (tree), to stop, to prevent, to restrict, surname Du.

杜

Simplified
杜
Traditional
杜 (same form)
Pinyin
dù

Stroke order of 杜

杜

  • Dù surname Du
  • dù birchleaf pear (tree); to stop
  • 7 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 杜

  1. dù
    • birchleaf pear (tree)
    • to stop
    • to prevent
    • to restrict
  2. Dù
    • surname Du

Radical and structure

杜
Radical 木 (Kangxi radical 75) · 7 strokes · 木 on the left, 土 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

杜 in our stories

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  • 老杜坐在一把小马扎上，手里的锤子敲得又快又稳。

    lǎo Dù zuò zài yì bǎ xiǎo mǎzhá shàng shǒu lǐ de chuízi qiāo de yòu kuài yòu wěn

    Old Du sat on a little folding stool, his hammer tapping fast and steady.

    From the story Old Du on the corner HSK 6

Stories using 杜

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).