途

途 U+9014, 途 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9014 ← 逓 [U+9013] CJK Unified Ideographs 逕 → [U+9015]

Translingual

Han character

途 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+7, 11 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 10 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, Cangjie input 卜人一木 (YOMD), four-corner 3830₉, composition ⿺辶余)

Derived characters

• 𥱻, 𩥽

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1257, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38882
• Dae Jaweon: page 1743, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3843, character 4
• Unihan data for U+9014

Chinese

trad.		途
simp. #		途
alternative forms		涂 塗 𡒎 𣥳

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (余) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
斜	*lja, *laː
茶	*rlaː
荼	*rlaː, *ɦlja, *l'aː
梌	*rlaː, *l̥ʰaː, *l'aː
搽	*rlaː
塗	*rlaː, *l'aː
佘	*ɦlja
賒	*hljaː
畬	*hljaː, *la
舍	*hljaːʔ, *hljaːs
捨	*hljaːʔ
騇	*hljaːʔ, *hljaːs
涻	*hljaːs
稌	*l̥ʰaː, *l̥ʰaːʔ
悇	*l̥ʰaː, *l̥ʰas, *las
庩	*l̥ʰaː
捈	*l̥ʰaː, *l'aː
途	*l'aː
酴	*l'aː
駼	*l'aː
鵌	*l'aː, *la
涂	*l'aː, *l'a
嵞	*l'aː
峹	*l'aː
筡	*l'aː, *l̥ʰa
蒤	*l'aː
徐	*lja
俆	*lja
敘	*ljaʔ
漵	*ljaʔ
除	*l'a, *l'as
篨	*rla
滁	*rla
蒢	*rla
蜍	*ɦlja, *la
鵨	*hljaː
瑹	*hlja
余	*la
餘	*la
艅	*la
狳	*la
雓	*la
悆	*las

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *l'aː): semantic 辶 + phonetic 余 (OC *la).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): tú (tu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨˊ

  (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): tú

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tou⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): thù

  (Hailu, HRS): tu

  (Meixian, Guangdong): tu²

• Jin (Wiktionary): tu¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): dù
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): dou² / doo²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tô͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): tu⁵

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶du / ²dou / ²du
  • (Jinhua): ²du
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): dou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tú
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tú
    • Wade–Giles: tʻu²
    • Yale: tú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: twu
    • Palladius: ту (tu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu³⁵/
  • (Xi'an)
    • Guanzhong Pinyin: tú
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu²⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: tou⁴
    • Yale: tòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thù
    • Hakka Romanization System: tu^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tu²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰu¹¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: tu
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰu⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: tu²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰu¹¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: tu¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /tʰu¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: dù
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu⁵³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Donghai)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: dou²
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: dó
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔu¹³/
  • (Jiangkou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: dou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou¹³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: dou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔu²⁴/
  • (Youyang, Fengting)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: dou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou²⁴/
  • (Nanri)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: doo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔ¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tô͘
    • Tâi-lô: tôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doo
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /tɔ²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔ²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔ¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /tɔ²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔ²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: tu⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thû
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶du
    • MiniDict: du^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³du
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /du²³/
  • (Northern: Suzhou, Fuyang)
    • Wugniu: ²dou
    • MiniDict: dou^平
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /dəu²²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Fuyang): /dʊ¹¹³/
  • (Northern: Jiading, Songjiang, Chongming, Changzhou, Jiaxing, Hangzhou, Ningbo, Zhoushan)
    • Wugniu: ²du
    • MiniDict: du^平
    • Sinological IPA (Jiading): /du³¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /du³¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Chongming): /du²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Changzhou): /du¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /du³¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /du²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /du³¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhoushan): /du²²/
  • (Jinhua)
    • Wugniu: ²du
    • Sinological IPA (Jinhua): /du³¹³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: dou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /təu̯¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: du

Rime
Character	途
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	同都切
Baxter	du
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/duo/
Pan Wuyun	/duo/
Shao Rongfen	/do/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dɔ/
Li Rong	/do/
Wang Li	/du/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱuo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tou4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*lˤa/

  (Zhengzhang): /*l'aː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	途
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	tú
Middle Chinese	‹ du ›
Old Chinese	/*lˁa/
English	road
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	途
Reading #	1/1
No.	15769
Phonetic component	余
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	徒
Old Chinese	/*l'aː/

Definitions

途

1. way; path; road

   半途而廢／半途而废  ―  bàntú'érfèi  ―  to give up halfway

2. method; way

   用途  ―  yòngtú  ―  usage; use

3. (figurative) journey (to officialdom); career; course; path

   前途  ―  qiántú  ―  future; prospect

   改途 [Hokkien]  ―  kóe-tô͘ [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  to change profession

4. a surname

Compounds

• 中途 (zhōngtú)
• 中途之家
• 中途島 / 中途岛 (Zhōngtú Dǎo)
• 中途曝光
• 中途而廢 / 中途而废 (zhōngtú'érfèi)
• 人鬼殊途
• 仕途 (shìtú)
• 假途滅虢 / 假途灭虢
• 傳染途徑 / 传染途径
• 冥途 (míngtú)
• 分途
• 前途 (qiántú)
• 前途似錦 / 前途似锦
• 前途未卜
• 前途無量 / 前途无量 (qiántúwúliàng)
• 半途 (bàntú)
• 半途而廢 / 半途而废 (bàntú'érfèi)
• 半途自畫 / 半途自画
• 同歸殊途 / 同归殊途
• 命途 (mìngtú)
• 命途坎坷
• 命途多舛 (mìngtúduōchuǎn)
• 哭窮途 / 哭穷途
• 坦途 (tǎntú)
• 宦途 (huàntú)
• 幽途
• 幽顯異途 / 幽显异途
• 引入歧途
• 征途 (zhēngtú)
• 徬徨歧途
• 政途
• 旅途 (lǚtú)
• 日暮途窮 / 日暮途穷 (rìmùtúqióng)
• 日暮途遠 / 日暮途远
• 末路窮途 / 末路穷途
• 正途 (zhèngtú)
• 歧途 (qítú)
• 歸途 / 归途 (guītú)
• 殊途同歸 / 殊途同归 (shūtútóngguī)
• 沿途 (yántú)
• 淑慝殊途
• 溺途
• 用途 (yòngtú)
• 畏途 (wèitú)
• 異途同歸 / 异途同归 (yìtútóngguī)
• 短途 (duǎntú)
• 視為畏途 / 视为畏途 (shìwéiwèitú)
• 窮途 / 穷途
• 窮途之哭 / 穷途之哭
• 窮途末路 / 穷途末路 (qióngtúmòlù)
• 窮途潦倒 / 穷途潦倒
• 窮途落魄 / 穷途落魄
• 絡繹於途 / 络绎于途
• 老馬識途 / 老马识途 (lǎomǎshítú)
• 航途
• 計窮途拙 / 计穷途拙
• 誤入歧途 / 误入歧途 (wùrùqítú)
• 識途老馬 / 识途老马
• 路途 (lùtú)
• 迷失路途
• 迷途 (mítú)
• 迷途知反
• 迷途知返 (mítúzhīfǎn)
• 途中 (túzhōng)
• 途人 (túrén)
• 途徑 / 途径 (tújìng)
• 途次
• 途窮日暮 / 途穷日暮
• 途經 / 途经 (tújīng)
• 道盡途窮 / 道尽途穷
• 道途
• 長途 / 长途 (chángtú)
• 長途跋涉 / 长途跋涉 (chángtúbáshè)
• 長途電話 / 长途电话 (chángtú diànhuà)
• 險途 / 险途
• 首途 (shǒutú)

Japanese

Shinjitai	途
Kyūjitai	途󠄁 途+󠄁? (Adobe-Japan1)
	途󠄃 途+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

途

(Jōyō kanji)

1. way; path; road

Readings

• Go-on: ず (zu)^{←づ (du, historical)}、ど (do)
• Kan-on: と (to, Jōyō)
• Kun: みち (michi, 途)
• Nanori: とお (tō)、みち (michi)

References

• “^△途”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 途 (MC du). Recorded as Middle Korean 도〮 (twó) (Yale: two) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

途 (eumhun 길 도 (gil do))

1. hanja form^? of 도 (“way”)

Compounds

• 개도국 (開途國, gaedoguk)
• 개발도상국 (開發途上國, gaebaldosangguk)
• 다용도 (多用途, dayongdo)
• 도중 (途中, dojung)
• 방도 (方道/方途, bangdo)
• 별도 (別途, byeoldo)
• 용도 (用途, yongdo)
• 전도 (前途, jeondo)
• 중도 (中途, jungdo)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [3]

Vietnamese

Han character

途: Hán Nôm readings: đồ

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