
| tú | thistle/common sowthistle (Sonchus oleraceus)/bitter (taste)/cruel/flowering grass in profusion |
| 荼 | thistle common sowthistle (Sonchus oleraceus) bitter (taste) |
| 荼毒 | torment cruelty great suffering |
| 荼毒人民 | to poison the people |
| 荼毒生灵 | to torment the people (idiom) |
| 荼毗 | [Religion] (of Buddhism) cremation |
| 荼炭 | [Formal] in misery |
| 荼縻 | a roseleaf raspberry |
| 荼蘼 | brambles, a kind of shrub |