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涂

tú

smear, spread, paint

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 余 represents the sound. Simplified form of 塗.

Components
氵 meaning component

氵  Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

  

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

余 sound component

余  Sound component

yú

  

I

Evolution

涂 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
涂 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
涂 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
涂 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

涂 (塗) 

tú

smear, daub, apply, spread; paint; to apply (paint etc); to smear; to daub; to blot out; to scribble; to scrawl; (literary) mud; street

涂  

Tú

surname Tu

涂  

tú

variant of 途[tú]

Most common words with 涂
Freq.
Word
Meaning

涂

to smear

糊涂

muddled

一塌糊涂

complete shambles

涂料

paint

涂鸦

graffiti

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (1 verified)

塗

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*lˤa

du

tú

path


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 21.6883% of movies

1505th most common character in movies

1735th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Traditional

塗

Unicode

U+6D82

Shuowen

“涂，水。出益州牧靡南山，西北入澠。从水，余聲。”


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