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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- tu2
- English meanings
- to apply (paint etc), to smear, to daub, to blot out, to scribble, to scrawl, (literary) mud, street, variant of 途[tu2], surname Tu
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Left–right structure
Left–right arrangement: left 氵; right 余.
Meaning & sound clues
氵 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “water”.
余 is identified as the sound component (yú). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 涂.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
rabbit
convex
gob
map
soil
slaughter; butcher
disciple; merely
bald
sudden; dash
way; route
Example sentences
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Related words
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- 一塌糊涂
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