竺

Zhu2
#3,433 most
frequent character
surname Zhu

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

竺 first meant bamboo. 𥫗, the bamboo part, is both meaning and sound part, close in sound; 二 is only a mark that sets the character apart. Read zhú, the shape was borrowed for its sound as a surname and as a name for India.

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Same Characters, Different Readings

竺dǔ
variant of 篤|笃[du3]

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