笃 (dǔ): (bound form) sincere, genuine, (bound form) (of an illness) serious
笃 (dǔ) is a Chinese character meaning “(bound form) sincere.” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of ⺮ (structural) and 马 (structural). It ranks #3635 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- (bound form) sincere
- genuine
- (bound form) (of an illness) serious
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 笃信verb | dǔ xìn | to sincerely believe |
| 笃定 | dǔ dìng | certain |
| 诚笃adjective | chéng dǔ | honest |
| 笃信好学 | dǔ xìn hào xué | sincere belief and diligent study |
| 本笃十六世 | běn dǔ shí liù shì | Pope Benedict XVI, original name Joseph Alois Ratzinger (1927–2022), pope 2005–2013 |
| 本笃会 | běn dǔ huì | the Benedictines |
| 笃行verb | dǔ xíng | to carry out (obligation) conscientiously |
| 笃实adjective | dǔ shí | loyal |
| 笃学verb | dǔ xué | studious |
| 笃爱 | dǔ ài | to love deeply |
| 病笃verb | bìng dǔ | critically ill |
| 笃病 | dǔ bìng | seriously ill |
| 笃专 | dǔ zhuān | with undivided attention |
| 笃志verb | dǔ zhì | steadfast |
| 杜笃玛 | dù dǔ mǎ | Dodoma, capital of Tanzania (Tw) |
笃 appears in 19 compound words: 68 as the first character, 16 as the last, and 16 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Example Sentences
年长顾客对腌笃鲜、鲜肉等老味道情有独钟。
nián cháng gù kè duì yān dǔ xiān , xiān ròu děng lǎo wèi dào qíng yǒu dú zhōng .
Older customers have a particular fondness for traditional flavors such as pickled pork and fresh pork.
该模式提供多名可操作角色,包括《羊蹄山之魂》的笃、长门和雪,以及回归的境井仁。
gāi mó shì tí gōng duō míng kě cāo zuò jiǎo sè , bāo kuò yáng tí shān zhī hún de dǔ , cháng mén hé xuě , yǐ jí huí guī de jìng jǐng rén .
This mode features multiple playable characters, including Du, Nagato, and Yuki from *The Soul of Mount Yangtou*, as well as the returning Jin Kiyoi.
文牧野坦言,此次创作,沈腾不断以表演令自己越发笃信“他就是徐福”。
wén mù yě tǎn yán , cǐ cì chuàng zuò , shěn téng bù duàn yǐ biǎo yǎn lìng zì jǐ yuè fā dǔ xìn tā jiù shì xú fú .
Wen Muye admitted that throughout the production, Shen Teng’s performances continually reinforced his conviction that “Shen Teng is Xu Fu.”
Character Family
竹 Radical Family — Characters sharing the bamboo radical
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