朱耷

Zhū Dā

proper noun

Meanings

1 Zhu Da (1626–1705), birth name of the painter Bada Shanren, a descendant of the Ming royal house

HSK 3

朱耷是八大山人的本名。

Zhū Dā shì Bādà Shānrén de běnmíng.

Zhu Da is Bada Shanren's real name.

HSK 7-9

明朝灭亡以后，朱耷出家当了和尚。

Míngcháo mièwáng yǐhòu, Zhū Dā chūjiā dāng le héshang.

After the Ming fell, Zhu Da left home and became a Buddhist monk.

memory

耷 puts 大 'big' over 耳 'ear', and it first meant 'big ears'. It is read dā, as in 耷拉 'to droop'.

history

He descended from 朱权, a son of the first Ming emperor made Prince of Ning, and grew up in 南昌, where a memorial hall to him now stands.

朱 zhū

耷 dā