1. 涂

涂

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  1. 涂 is the 1733rd most frequent character.
  2. 涂 has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. 涂 appears as a character in 20 words.
  4. 涂 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
涂 => 氵, 余
Radical :
涂 => 氵 (water), 人 (human), 干 (dry), 小 (small)
Graphical :
涂 => ⺀, ㇀, 人, 一, 一, 丨, 亅, 八

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. tu2 - to apply (paint etc)/to smear/to daub/to blot out/to scribble/to scrawl/(literary) mud/street
  2. Tu2 - surname Tu
  3. tu2 - variant of 途[tu2]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 涂 (tu2): The component 余 is pronounced as 'yu2'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 涂 (tu2): The component 余 is pronounced as 'yu2'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

一塌糊涂 (一塌糊塗)
涂 (塗)
涂抹 (塗抹)
糊涂 (糊塗)

Medium Frequency

一败涂地 (一敗塗地)
涂料 (塗料)
涂鸦 (塗鴉)
稀里糊涂 (稀裏糊塗)
糊里糊涂 (糊裡糊塗)
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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