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酴

tú

Character

What 酴 means

1. yeast

Characters built on 余

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

• 除chúto get rid of; to remove; to exclude
• 途túway; route; road
• 叙xùto narrate; to chat
• 涂túto apply (paint etc); to smear; to daub
• 徐xúslowly; gently
• 馀Yúsurname Yu
• 荼túthistle; common sowthistle (Sonchus oleraceus); bitter (taste)
• 蜍chúBufo vulgaris; toad

Sounds the same

Read tú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 图diagram; picture; drawing
• 途way; route; road
• 涂to apply (paint etc); to smear; to daub
• 徒(bound form) disciple; apprentice; believer; (derog.) wrongdoer…
• 屠to slaughter (animals for food); to massacre
• 荼thistle; common sowthistle (Sonchus oleraceus); bitter (taste)
• 腯fat (of pigs)
• 㻬a kind of jade
• 峹name of a mountain
• 嵞Mt Tu in Zhejiang; also written 涂
• 瘏be injured; ill (of animals)
• 稌sticky rice