杜

dù

birchleaf pear (tree)

surname Du; to stop; to prevent; to restrict

tree (木) + soil (土) = a tree that blocks and stops

The wood radical marks this as a tree — specifically the birchleaf pear. 土 mainly contributes the sound dù; the tree meaning comes entirely from 木.

木+土→杜
土EarthPhonetic
木TreeSemantic

我们要杜绝浪费食物的行为。

wǒ men yào dù jué làng fèi shí wù de xíng wéi。

We need to put a complete stop to the behavior of wasting food.

学校采取了很多措施来杜绝考试作弊的现象。

xué xiào cǎi qǔ le hěn duō cuò shī lái dù jué kǎo shì zuò bì de xiàn xiàng。

The school has taken many measures to completely prevent cheating on exams.

Words with 杜

杜尚别

dù shàng bié

Dushanbe, capital of Tajikistan

阿卜杜拉

ā bǔ dù lā

Abdullah (name)

杜绝

dù jué

to put an end to

杜马

dù mǎ

Duma, lower chamber of Russian parliament

杜鹃

dù juān

cuckoo (Cercococcyx spp., also written 杜鵑鳥|杜鹃鸟)

杜塞

dù sè

to stop

防微杜渐

fáng wēi dù jiàn

to nip in the bud (idiom)

防杜

fáng dù

to prevent

亚历山大·杜布切克

yà lì shān dà · dù bù qiē kè

Alexander Dubček (1921-1992), leader of Czechoslovakia (1968-1969)

八声杜鹃

bā shēng dù juān

(bird species of China) plaintive cuckoo (Cacomantis merulinus)

北方中杜鹃

běi fāng zhōng dù juān

(bird species of China) oriental cuckoo (Cuculus optatus)

反杜林论

fǎn dù lín lùn

Anti-Dühring, book by Friedrich Engels 恩格斯[En1 ge2 si1]

More characters with 木

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