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Translingual
Han character
涂 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 水人一木 (EOMD), four-corner 38194, composition ⿰氵余)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 625, character 29
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17518
- Dae Jaweon: page 1027, character 11
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1628, character 12
- Unihan data for U+6D82
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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斜
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*lja, *laː
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茶
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*rlaː
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荼
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*rlaː, *ɦlja, *l'aː
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梌
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*rlaː, *l̥ʰaː, *l'aː
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搽
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*rlaː
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塗
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*rlaː, *l'aː
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佘
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*ɦlja
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賒
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*hljaː
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畬
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*hljaː, *la
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舍
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*hljaːʔ, *hljaːs
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捨
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*hljaːʔ
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騇
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*hljaːʔ, *hljaːs
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涻
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*hljaːs
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稌
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*l̥ʰaː, *l̥ʰaːʔ
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悇
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*l̥ʰaː, *l̥ʰas, *las
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庩
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*l̥ʰaː
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捈
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*l̥ʰaː, *l'aː
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途
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*l'aː
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酴
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*l'aː
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駼
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*l'aː
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鵌
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*l'aː, *la
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涂
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*l'aː, *l'a
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嵞
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*l'aː
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峹
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*l'aː
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筡
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*l'aː, *l̥ʰa
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蒤
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*l'aː
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徐
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*lja
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俆
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*lja
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敘
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*ljaʔ
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漵
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*ljaʔ
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除
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*l'a, *l'as
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篨
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*rla
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滁
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*rla
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蒢
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*rla
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蜍
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*ɦlja, *la
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鵨
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*hljaː
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瑹
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*hlja
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余
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*la
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餘
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*la
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艅
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*la
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狳
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*la
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雓
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*la
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悆
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*las
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *l'aː, *l'a) : semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 余 (OC *la).
Etymology 1
For pronunciation and definitions of 涂 – see 塗 (“mud; shoal; to daub; to smear; to apply; to paint; to plaster; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant form of 塗). |
Notes: |
Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 涂 – see 途 (“way; path; road; method; way; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 途). |
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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涂
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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tú
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Middle Chinese
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‹ du ›
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Old Chinese
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/*lˁa/
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English
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path
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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涂
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涂
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Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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No.
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15773
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15789
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Phonetic component
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余
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余
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Rime group
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魚
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魚
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Rime subdivision
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0
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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徒
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除
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Old Chinese
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/*l'aː/
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/*l'a/
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Definitions
涂
- Used in personal names.
- a surname
- 涂謹申/涂谨申 [Cantonese] ― tou4 gan2 san1 ― James To Kun-sun (Hong Kong politician)
- Name of a river.
Usage notes
This surname (涂 (tú)) is different from the surname 凃 (tú) or the surname 塗/涂 (tú).
References
Japanese
Kanji
涂
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
涂 • (do) (hangeul 도, revised do, McCune–Reischauer to, Yale to)
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Vietnamese
Han character
涂: Hán Nôm readings: dơ
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