Usage of the character 荼
tú
荼
[荼]
- thistle
- common sowthistle (Sonchus oleraceus)
- bitter (taste)
- cruel
- flowering grass in profusion
túdú
荼毒
[荼毒]
- (literary) to cause great suffering
màntúluó
曼荼罗
[曼荼羅]
- (Buddhism) (loanword from Sanskrit) mandala
Dáluópítú
达罗毗荼
[達羅毗荼]
- Dravidian (general term for South Indian people and languages)
shítúwòjí
食荼卧棘
[食荼臥棘]
- to eat bitter fruit and lie on thorns (idiom); to share the hard life of the common people
qiūtúmìwǎng
秋荼密网
[秋荼密網]
- flowering autumn grass, fine net (idiom); fig. abundant and exacting punishments prescribed by law
rúhuǒrútú
如火如荼
[如火如荼]
- like wildfire (idiom)
- unstoppable
túdúshēnglíng
荼毒生灵
[荼毒生靈]
- to torment the people (idiom)