12345678910Keywordthistlea bitter vegetableFrequency#3547Strokes10ReadingstúMnemonic艹 (plant) gives the meaning and 余 the sound.Stroke orderComposed of艹grass余surplusUsed in vocabulary如火如荼rúhuǒrútúlike wildfire (idiom); unstoppable荼毒túdú(literary) to cause great suffering荼túthistle; common sowthistle (Sonchus oleraceus); bitter (taste); cruel; flowering grass in profusion曼荼罗màntúluó(Buddhism) (loanword from Sanskrit) mandala