篤 (duk1 | du3) : profound; dangerous; [粵] to poke

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篤

duk1

du3

[1] sincere; earnest; devoted [2] (illness) serious; critical [3] [粵] to poke; to prod; to stab | Variously written as 篤, 督, 𢽴 or 擉 because there is no real consensus as to the 'proper' character for this Cantonese meaning | 漢: 戳; 刺 [4] [粵] end; rear; bottom; extremity | Also written as '𡰪' | 漢: 盡頭; 頭兒; 底部 [5] [粵] measure word for excretions

nasal-stop alternant (for 'poke'): 捅 [tung2]

Stroke count: 16

Level: 3

Radical: 竹 (#118)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

篤 / 笃

This word has been viewed 12257 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:46

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棟篤笑 dung6 duk1 siu3 dong4 du3 xiao4 = stand up comedy; joke 粵

篤背脊 duk1 bui3 zek3 du3 bei4 ji3 = to back-stab; to rat on 粵

篤眼篤鼻 duk1 ngaan5 duk1 bei6 du3 yan3 du3 bi2 = be an annoyance 粵

危篤 ngai4 duk1 wei1 du3 = deathly ill

篤爆 duk1 baau3 = to betray a secret

篤底 duk1 dai2 = base; bottom; floor; foot; fundus; root; sole 粵

篤人背脊 duk1 jan4 bui3 zek3 = to doublecross someone 粵

兜篤將軍 dau1 duk1 zoeng1 gwan1 dou1 du3 jiang1 jun1 = (a chess move) an unexpected attack from behind 粵

篤波 duk1 bo1 du3 bo1 = play pool 粵

私交甚篤 si1 gaau1 sam6 duk1 si1 jiao1 shen4 du3 = have a very close personal relationship; very good private friendship
See all 18 compounds (CantoDict reports 17 compounds in total, which would seem to be an error - please report this on the CantoDict forum)

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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Decimal representation of this word: 篤
Unicode code for this character: U+7be4 (off-site link)

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