涂

tú

variant of 途[tu2]

surname Tu

water (氵) +余 (余) = tú sound, variant of 途

余 provides the sound tú; the water radical is semantic but this character is chiefly used as a surname or as a variant of 途 (road, journey), so the liquid sense is not its primary function in modern use.

氵+余→涂
余SurplusPhonetic
氵WaterSemantic

他姓涂,是我们班的同学。

tā xìng tú,shì wǒ men bān de tóng xué。

his surname is Tu; he is a classmate of ours.

涂老师今天给我们讲了一个很有意思的故事。

tú lǎo shī jīn tiān gěi wǒ men jiǎng le yī gè hěn yǒu yì si de gù shi。

teacher Tu told us a very interesting story today.

Words with 涂

涂油

tú yóu

to grease

涂抹

tú mǒ

to paint

一塌糊涂

yī tā hú tu

muddled and completely collapsing (idiom); in an awful condition

一败涂地

yī bài tú dì

lit. defeated, the ground blanketed with bodies (idiom)

涂乙

tú yǐ

to edit (a text); to revise (a manuscript)

涂去

tú qù

to obliterate (some words, or part of a picture etc) using correction fluid, ink, paint etc

涂家

tú jiā

painter

涂写

tú xiě

to daub

涂层

tú céng

protective layer

涂径

tú jìng

path

涂抹酱

tú mǒ jiàng

spread (for putting on bread etc)

涂改

tú gǎi

to alter (text)

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