塗

See also 凃, and 涂

Translingual

Han character

塗 (radical 32 土+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 水木土 (EDG), four-corner 3810₄)

1. smear, daub, apply, spread
2. paint

References

• KangXi: page 235, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5338
• Dae Jaweon: page 473, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 474, character 8
• Unihan data for U+5857

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Cantonese

Hanzi

塗 (simplified 涂, Yale tou4)

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Japanese

Kanji

塗 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: と (to)
• Kun: ぬる (nuru), どろ (doro), まみれる (mamireru)

Compounds

• 塗装 (tosō)
• 塗料 (toryō)
• 糊塗 (koto)

Noun

塗 (hiragana ぬり, romaji nuri)

1. Alternative spelling of 塗り.

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Korean

Hanja

塗 (hangeul 도, revised do, McCune-Reischauer to)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

塗 (simplified 涂, pinyin tú (tu2), Wade-Giles t'u²)

Verb

1. daub

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Vietnamese

Han character

塗 (đồ)