荼 meaning and pronunciation

Simplified/traditional character

荼 English definition

  • thistle
  • common sowthistle (Sonchus oleraceus)
  • bitter (taste)
  • cruel
  • flowering grass in profusion

Characters with the same pronunciation

  • : Japanese variant of 圖|图;
  • : diagram; picture; drawing; chart; map; CL:張|张[zhang1]; to plan; to scheme; to attempt; to pursue; to seek;
  • : to slaughter (animals for food); to massacre;
  • : name of a mountain;
  • : Mt Tu in Zhejiang; also written 涂;
  • : disciple; apprentice; believer; on foot; bare or empty; to no avail; only; prison sentence;
  • : to apply (paint etc); to smear; to daub; to blot out; to scribble; to scrawl; (literary) mud; street;
  • : be injured; ill (of animals);
  • : sticky rice;
  • : fat (of pigs);
  • : follicle;
  • : way; route; road;
  • : yeast;