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笃

dǔ

Character Traditional 篤

What 笃 means

1. bound formsincere; genuine
2. bound form(of an illness) serious

Example sentences

• 事物皆有两面。笃信者只见其一。
  Shìwù jiē yǒu liǎngmiàn. dǔxìn zhě zhǐ jiàn qíyī.
  Things are usually janus-faced. And these fanatics only see one side.

Words starting with 笃

• 笃定dǔ dìngcertain; confident (of some outcome); calm and unhurried
• 笃信dǔ xìnto sincerely believe
• 笃厚dǔ hòuhonest and generous; magnanimous
• 笃学dǔ xuéstudious; diligent in study
• 笃守dǔ shǒuto comply faithfully; sincerely abiding by
• 笃实dǔ shíloyal; sincere; sound
• 笃专dǔ zhuānwith undivided attention
• 笃志dǔ zhìsteadfast; with single-minded devotion
• 笃爱dǔ àito love deeply; devoted to sb
• 笃挚dǔ zhìsincere (in friendship); cordial
• 笃病dǔ bìngseriously ill; critical
• 笃行dǔ xíngto carry out (obligation) conscientiously; to behave sincerely
• 笃信好学dǔ xìn hào xuésincere belief and diligent study

Words containing 笃

• 危笃wēi dǔdeathly ill
• 病笃bìng dǔcritically ill; on one's deathbed
• 诚笃chéng dǔhonest; sincere and serious
• 本笃会Běn dǔ huìthe Benedictines
• 杜笃玛Dù dǔ mǎDodoma, capital of Tanzania (Tw)
• 本笃十六世Běn dǔ Shí liù shìPope Benedict XVI, original name Joseph Alois Ratzinger (1927–2022), pope 2005–2013

Characters built on 竹

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

• 符fúmark; sign; talisman
• 筑zhùfive-string lute; Taiwan pr. zhú
• 簿bùa book; a register; account-book
• 簇cù(bound form) to cluster; to pile up; cluster; pile…
• 箍gūhoop; to bind with hoops
• 竺Zhúsurname Zhu; abbr. for 天竺; (archaic) Buddhism
• 笏hù(old) ceremonial tablet (held by officials at an audience)
• 簌sùused in 簌簌

Characters that look like 笃

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 驾jiàto harness; to draw (a cart etc); to drive
• 骂màto scold; to abuse; to curse
• 屑xièbits; fragments; crumbs
• 鸳yuānmandarin duck
• 莴wōused in 莴苣; used in 莴笋
• 苒rǎnluxuriant growth; passing (of time)

Sounds the same

Read dǔ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 堵to block up (a road, pipe etc); to stop up (a hole)…
• 赌to bet; to gamble
• 睹to observe; to see
• 肚tripe
• 竺variant of 笃