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黩

dú

Character Traditional 黷

What 黩 means

1. blacken
2. constantly
3. to insult

Words starting with 黩

• 黩武dú wǔmilitaristic; to use military force indiscriminately

Words containing 黩

• 穷兵黩武qióng bīng dú wǔto engage in wars of aggression at will (idiom); militaristic; bellicose

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
• 牍dúdocuments
• 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
• 牍documents
• 髑used in 髑髅
• 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