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阇

dū

Character Traditional 闍

What 阇 means

1. defensive platform over gate
2. barbican

Other readings

阇 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• shé(used in transliteration from Sanskrit)

Words starting with 阇

• 阇梨shé líBuddhist monk (Sanskrit: jala)
• 阇黎shé líBuddhist teacher (Sanskrit transliteration); also written 阇梨

Words containing 阇

• 瞽阇gǔ shéblind monk; refers to famous blind historian 左丘明
• 阿阇梨ā shé líBuddhist teacher (Sanskrit transliteration); also written 阿阇黎
• 阿阇黎ā shé líBuddhist teacher (Sanskrit transliteration); also written 阿阇梨

Characters built on 者

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

• 署shǔoffice; bureau; (Taiwan pr. shù) to sign
• 著zhùto make known; to show; to prove
• 诸zhūall; various
• 赌dǔto bet; to gamble
• 绪xùbeginnings; clues; mental state
• 屠túto slaughter (animals for food); to massacre
• 猪zhūhog; pig; swine
• 堵dǔto block up (a road, pipe etc); to stop up (a hole)…

Sounds the same

Read dū, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 督(bound form) to supervise
• 嘟(onomatopoeia) toot; honk; beep (sound of a horn etc); (colloquial) to pout
• 都capital city; metropolis
• 厾to tap lightly