Kanji
杜
N1
7 strokes
Grade 9
freq #2062
woods, grove
On'yomi (音読み)
ト、 トウ、 ズ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
もり、 ふさ.ぐ、 やまなし
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
杜撰
ずさん
careless; sloppy
杜仲
とちゅう
hardy rubber tree (near-threatened species often used in Chinese medicine, Eucommia ulmoides)
杜宇
とう
lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
杜鵑
とけん
lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
西洋杜松
せいようねず
common juniper (Juniperus communis)
這杜松
はいねず
shore juniper (Juniperus conferta)
杜鵑花
とけんか
satsuki azalea (Rhododendron indicum)
岩垂杜松
いわだれねず
dwarf Japanese garden juniper (Juniperus chinensis var. procumbens)
杜松
ねず
temple juniper (Juniperus rigida); needle juniper
山杜鵑
やまほととぎす
lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus; esp. one living in the mountains)
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
ケード杜松
ケードねず
prickly juniper (Juniperus oxycedrus); prickly cedar
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; both so beautiful it is hard to choose between
杜の都
もりのみやこ
Capital of Trees (nickname for Sendai city)
鎮守の杜
ちんじゅのもり
grove of the village shrine
Example sentences
トニーは人(ひと)を雇(やと)い、もっと客(きゃく)を掴(つか)み、仕事(しごと)をより早(はや)くずさんにやれば、もっと金(きん)もうけができると思(おも)ったのだ。
Tony realized that if he hired another crew, got more customers and did the job quicker and sloppier, he could make more money.