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牍

dú

Character Traditional 牘

What 牍 means

1. documents

Words containing 牍

• 简牍jiǎn dúbamboo and wooden slips (used for writing on in ancient times); letter; correspondence…
• 尺牍chǐ dú(literary) a one-foot-long strip of wood or bamboo, used for writing in ancient times…
• 文牍wén dúpaperwork; official documents and letters; (old) secretary
• 书牍shū dúletter; wooden writing strips (arch.); general term for letters and documents
• 案牍àn dúofficial documents or correspondence
• 文牍主义wén dú zhǔ yìred tape
• 连篇累牍lián piān lěi dú(of a piece of writing) long and tedious (idiom); verbose
• 长篇累牍cháng piān lěi dú(of a text) very lengthy (idiom)

Characters built on 卖

These share the phonetic component 卖 (mài), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 续xùto continue; to replenish
• 读dúto read out; to read aloud; to read; to attend (school); to study (a subject in school)
• 赎shúto redeem; to ransom
• 渎dúdisrespectful; (literary) ditch
• 犊dúcalf; sacrificial victim
• 黩dúblacken; constantly; to insult
• 椟dúcabinet; case; casket

Sounds the same

Read dú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 读to read out; to read aloud; to read; to attend (school); to study (a subject in school)
• 独alone; independent; single
• 毒poison; to poison; poisonous
• 渎disrespectful; (literary) ditch
• 犊calf; sacrificial victim
• 髑used in 髑髅
• 黩blacken; constantly; to insult
• 椟cabinet; case; casket
• 㱩abortion; stillborn
• 𮙋to murmur; to slander
• 贕still-born chick (in unhatched egg); variant of 㱩
• 韣bow case