Kanji 杜 Words: Meanings and Readings

杜

もり

forest

杜撰

ずさん

using unreliable sources (in a piece of writing)

杜絶

とぜつ

stoppage

いずれ菖蒲か杜若

いずれあやめかかきつばた

(of a choice) one being as excellent as the other

ケード杜松

ケードねず

prickly juniper (Juniperus oxycedrus)

寒葵

かんあおい

Asarum nipponicum (species of wild ginger)

岩垂杜松

いわだれねず

dwarf Japanese garden juniper (Juniperus chinensis var. procumbens)

沓手鳥

くつてどり

lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

五月

さつき

fifth month of the lunar calendar

山杜鵑

やまほととぎす

Tricyrtis macropoda (species of toad lily)

時鳥草

ほととぎす

toad lily (Tricyrtis hirta)

西洋杜松

せいようねず

common juniper (Juniperus communis)

鎮守の杜

ちんじゅのもり

grove of the village shrine

杜の都

もりのみやこ

Capital of Trees (nickname for Sendai City)

杜氏

とうじ

chief brewer at a sake brewery

杜若

かきつばた

rabbitear iris (Iris laevigata)

杜松

ねず

temple juniper (Juniperus rigida)

杜撰脱漏

ずさんだつろう

careless (slipshod) and with many omissions

杜仲

とちゅう

hardy rubber tree (near-threatened species often used in Chinese medicine, Eucommia ulmoides)

杜仲科

とちゅうか

Eucommiaceae (monotypic plant family containing only the hardy rubber tree)

杜仲茶

とちゅうちゃ

Tochū tea (high in minerals and reputed to be beneficial for weight loss and in cases of high blood pressure)

杜夫魚

かくぶつ

fourspine sculpin (species of fish, Cottus kazika)

杜父魚

かじか

Japanese fluvial sculpin (Cottus pollux)

杜漏

ずろう

careless

杜鵑花

とけんか

satsuki azalea (Rhododendron indicum)

這杜松

はいねず

shore juniper (Juniperus conferta)

扛秤

ちき

large beam balance