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Translingual
Han character
途 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+7, 11 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 10 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 卜人一木 (YOMD), four-corner 38309, composition ⿺辶余)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1257, character 20
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38882
- Dae Jaweon: page 1743, character 8
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3843, character 4
- Unihan data for U+9014
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) : semantic 辶 + phonetic 余 (OC *la).
Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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途
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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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road
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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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途
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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15769
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Phonetic component
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余
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Rime group
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魚
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Rime subdivision
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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徒
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Old Chinese
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/*l'aː/
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Definitions
途
- way; path; road
- method; way
- (figurative) journey (to officialdom); career; course; path
- a surname
Compounds
Japanese
Shinjitai
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途
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Kyūjitai
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途󠄁 途+󠄁 ? (Adobe-Japan1)
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途󠄃 途+󠄃 ? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji
途
(common “Jōyō” kanji)
- way; path; road
Readings
References
- ^ “途”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia) (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015–2024
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 途 (MC du). Recorded as Middle Korean 도〮 (twó) (Yale: two) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
Hanja
Wikisource
途 (eumhun 길 도 (gil do))
- Hanja form? of 도 (“way”).
Compounds
References
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典.
Vietnamese
Han character
途: Hán Nôm readings: đồ
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