Chinese Character 塗 Meanings and components.

Form

塗

Meaning

塗 meaning[3] in English

To Apply (Paint Etc).

To Smear.

To Daub.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 塗 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are to apply (paint … (涂) , and Tu (ethnic group) (土)

Its radical[1] is: 土 (tu3) which means: Tu (Ethnic Group), Surname Tu, .土tu3Tu (ethnic …

In cangjie it is written with EDG

How to write 塗

To write塗tu2to apply … you should write a combination of 涂tu2to apply … , 土tu3Tu (ethnic … arranged in a 吕 shape:

涂 + 土 = 塗

塗 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 塗 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 塗, looks as follow:

塗
Pinyin:tu2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Apply (Paint Etc) . To Smear . To Daub . To Blot Out . To Scribble . To Scrawl . (Literary) Mud . Street
涂
Pinyin:tu2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Apply (Paint Etc) . To Smear . To Daub . To Blot Out . To Scribble . To Scrawl . (Literary) Mud . Street
氵
Pinyin:shui5
Meaning[3]: 'Water' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 85), Occurring In 没, 法, 流 Etc . See Also 三點水|三点水[San1 Dian3 Shui3]
余
Pinyin:yu2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Yu
亼
Pinyin:ji2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 集[Ji2]
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
朩
Pinyin:deng3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: One Of The Characters Used In Kwukyel (Phonetic 'Pin'), An Ancient Korean Writing System
土
Pinyin:tu3
Meaning[3]: Tu (Ethnic Group) . Surname Tu

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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