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篤

简 笃 · 繁 篤
Mandarin · pinyin dǔ

Meanings

  1. (bound form) sincere; genuine
  2. (bound form) (of an illness) serious
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篤
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笃
dǔ · deep, true, sincere, genuine
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duk1

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character · Etymology 1

  1. (literary) honest; sincere; earnest; whole-hearted
  2. (literary, of illness) serious; severe; critical
  3. (literary) solid; firm; strong; hard
  4. (literary) deep; profound
  5. (Wu) calm; leisurely; slow
  6. (Northern Wu) to simmer; to cook on low heat
  7. a surname

character · Etymology 2

  1. (Cantonese) to poke; to prod

character · Etymology 3

  1. (Cantonese) end; bottom
  2. (Cantonese) distant; of the further end

character · Etymology 4

  1. (Cantonese) Classifier for excreta. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier

character · Etymology 5

  1. (Suzhounese) Suffix indicating plural for pronouns.

character · Etymology 6

  1. (Suzhounese, placed after an adjective) very

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