Hanja Analyzer
途

途 — do

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
길[行中] 도
Romanization
do
English
way, road, path, journey; course
Mandarin
tú
Japanese on'yomi
ト, ズ
Japanese kun'yomi
みち
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#717 of 2,500
Strokes
10
Radical
辵 (162, 7 residual)
Phonetic component
余
Unicode
U+9014

Parts that make up 途

  • 余 나 여sound 풀로 이은 오두막‘여·서·도’ 계열의 소리
  • ⻌ variant of 辶 네거리와 발가고 오는 일, 길 위의 움직임

How 途 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 途 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 辵, 余.

Korean example words with 途

  • 별도別途 Korean gloss: 딴 방면
  • 도중途中 Korean gloss: 길을 가는 중간
  • 중도中途 Korean gloss: 오가는 길의 중간
  • 관도官途 Korean gloss: 벼슬아치 노릇을 하는 길
  • 사도仕途 Korean gloss: 벼슬아치 노릇을 하는 길
  • 용도用途 Korean gloss: 쓰이는 길. 또는 쓰이는 곳
  • 웅도雄途 Korean gloss: 큰일이나 여행을 위한 장한 출발
  • 장도壯途 Korean gloss: 중대한 사명이나 장한 뜻을 품고 떠나는 길
  • 방도方途 Korean gloss: 어떤 일을 하거나 문제를 풀어 가기 위한 방법과 도리
  • 다용도多用途 Korean gloss: 여러 가지 쓰임새
  • 개도국開途國 Korean gloss: ‘개발 도상국’을 줄여 이르는 말
  • 중도금中途金 Korean gloss: 계약금을 치르고 나서 마지막 잔금을 치르기 전에 지불하는 돈

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 途

  • 途中とちゅう on the way; en route; in the middle of
  • 途上国とじょうこく developing country
  • 使途しと purpose for which money is spent; the way money is spent; how goods are used
  • 用途ようと use; service; purpose
  • 前途ぜんと future; prospects; outlook
  • 中途ちゅうと halfway; midway; partway
  • 一途いちず single-minded; intent; determined
  • 途上とじょう on the way; en route; in the process of (development, construction, etc.)
  • 途と way; route
  • 途方とほう way; destination; reason
  • 帰途きと (the) way home; return trip; (the) way back
  • 中途半端ちゅうとはんぱ halfway; half measures; unfinished

Characters sharing the phonetic 余

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “도”

Other hanja with radical 辵

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