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Character Decomposition
荼=艹+余
Etymology
plant
Meanings
thistle
common sowthistle (Sonchus oleraceus)
bitter (taste)
cruel
flowering grass in profusion
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Words with 荼 41 total
Idioms with 荼 4 total Chain
flowering autumn grass, fine net (idiom); fig. abundant and exacting punishments prescribed by law秋荼密网qiū tú mì wǎnglike wildfire (idiom) · unstoppable如火如荼rú huǒ rú túto eat bitter fruit and lie on thorns (idiom); to share the hard life of the common people食荼卧棘shí tú wò jíto torment the people (idiom)荼毒生灵tú dú shēng líng