途
way; route; road
10 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,239 U+9014
How 途 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
辶 (semantic, “walk”) + 余 (phonetic, yú)
How to remember it
route · Heisig RSH #1285
scale + road
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 余
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 余 (yú) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 余 sound component | yú | surplus, remainder; surname |
| 斜 | xié | slanting, sloping, inclined |
| 涂 | tú | to smear, to scribble, to daub; surname |
| 徐 | xú | slowly, quietly, calmly; dignified, composed |
| 叙 | xù | to express, to state; to relate, to narrate |
| 荼 | tú | a bitter vegetable |
| 嵞 | tú | a mountain in Zhejiang |
| 狳 | yú | armadillo |
| 蜍 | chú | toad (2) |
| 酴 | tú | yeast; wine; to leaven, to ferment |
Words containing 途
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 人群管理特别用途车 | rén qún guǎn lǐ tè bié yòng tú chē | specialized crowd management vehicle, a riot control vehicle equipped with a water cannon,… |
| 中途之家 | zhōng tú zhī jiā | (Tw) halfway house (for released prisoners, victims of domestic violence etc); (Tw) (for a… |
| 长途电话 | cháng tú diàn huà | long-distance phone call |
| 前途无量 | qián tú wú liàng | to have boundless prospects |
| 长途车 | cháng tú chē | long-distance bus |
| 打长途 | dǎ cháng tú | to make a long distance call |
| 老马识途 | lǎo mǎ shí tú | an old horse knows the way (idiom); an experienced worker knows what to do; an old hand kn… |
| 识途老马 | shí tú lǎo mǎ | lit. an old horse knows the way home (idiom); fig. in difficulty, trust an experience coll… |
| 长途话费 | cháng tú huà fèi | (telephony) long-distance call charge |
| 多用途 | duō yòng tú | multipurpose |
| 中途岛 | Zhōng tú Dǎo | Midway Islands |
| 中途退场 | zhōng tú tuì chǎng | to leave in the middle of the play; (fig.) to leave before the matter is concluded |
| 道听途说 | dào tīng tú shuō | gossip; hearsay; rumor |
| 经济前途 | jīng jì qián tú | economic future; economic outlook |
| 不绝于途 | bù jué yú tú | to come and go in an incessant stream |
| 途人 | tú rén | passer-by; stranger |
| 中途 | zhōng tú | partway through; midway; along the way |
| 途中 | tú zhōng | en route |
| 预期用途 | yù qī yòng tú | intended use |
| 长途 | cháng tú | long distance; long-distance phone call (abbr. for 長途電話|长途电话[chang2 tu2 dian4 hua4]); long… |