竺

竺 U+7AFA, 竺 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7AFA ← 竹 [U+7AF9] CJK Unified Ideographs 竻 → [U+7AFB]

竺 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+2, 8 strokes, cangjie input 竹一一 (HMM), four-corner 8810₁, composition ⿱𥫗二)

• 𬵚

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 877, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25842
• Dae Jaweon: page 1306, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2947, character 2
• Unihan data for U+7AFA

trad.		竺
simp. #		竺
alternative forms		笁

Shuowen: Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tuːɡ, *tuːɡ, *tuɡ) : phonetic 𥫗 (OC *tuɡ) + semantic 二 ― thick.

竺

1. ^† Original form of 篤／笃 (dǔ, “thick; sincere; serious”).
2. ^† Alternative form of 毒 (“to loathe; to detest”)
3. (historical) An ancient placename.

竺

1. (obsolete) bamboo
2. Short for 天竺 (Tiānzhú, “India”).
3. (by extension) relating to India or Buddhism; Buddhist
4. Name of a mountain in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province.
5. (historical, music) Name of an ancient musical instrument.
6. a surname, commonly adopted by early Buddhist monks.

   竺可楨／竺可桢  ―  Zhú Kězhēn  ―  Chu Coching (Chinese meteorologist and geologist）

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. bamboo

   Synonym: 竹

2. hearty, sincere, warm, thick

   Synonym: 厚

3. used in an ancient name of India

• On (unclassified): とく (toku)、ちく (chiku)、じく (jiku)^{←ぢく (diku, historical)}
• Kun: あつい (atsui, 竺い)、たけ (take, 竺)
• Nanori: あつし (atsushi)

• 天(てん)竺(じく) (tenjiku)
• 竺(じく)学(がく) (jikugaku)

竺(あつし) • (Atsushi) 

1. a male given name

竺 • (chuk, dok) (hangeul 축, 독, revised chuk, dok, McCune–Reischauer ch'uk, tok, Yale chwuk, tok)

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竺: Hán Việt readings: trúc^[1][2][3][4], đốc^[2][3][4]
竺: Nôm readings: trúc^[1]

1. chữ Hán form of Trúc (“former short name of India (天竺, Thiên Trúc), a surname”).
2. Alternative form of 篤 (“chữ Hán form of đốc (“honest”).”)