塗 (tú)
To apply (paint/ointment); to smear; to scribble.
How 塗 is written
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Traditional
- 塗
- Simplified
- 涂
Common words using 塗
- 一塌糊塗 yītāhútu
- muddled and completely collapsing (idiom); in an awful condition; complete shambles; a total mess
- 塗抹 túmǒ
- to paint; to smear; to apply (makeup etc)
- 糊塗 hútu
- muddled; silly; confused
- 一敗塗地 yībàitúdì
- failed and wiped over the floor (idiom); to fail utterly; a crushing defeat; beaten and in a hopeless position
- 塗鴉 túyā
- graffiti; scrawl; poor calligraphy
- 稀裏糊塗 xīlihútu
- muddleheaded; careless
- 糊裡糊塗 húlǐhútū
- confused; vague; indistinct
- 糊里糊塗 húlǐhútū
- confused; vague; indistinct
- 塗寫 túxiě
- to daub; to scribble (graffiti)
- 塗敷 túfū
- to smear; to daub; to plaster
- 塗料 túliào
- paint
- 塗油 túyóu
- to grease; to oil; to baste (cookery)
塗 in a sentence
傷口上塗一點藥膏吧。
Shāngkǒu shàng tú yīdiǎn yàogāo ba.
“Put some ointment on the wound.”
How common is 塗?
塗 is the 1,733rd most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 96% of all running text.
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