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

  (Pinyin): tú (tu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tou⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thù
• Eastern Min (BUC): dù
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tô͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): tu⁵

• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶du / ²dou

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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/
• 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/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: dù
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tô͘
    • Tâi-lô: tôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tɔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tɔ²⁴/
    • 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)
    • Wugniu: ²dou
    • MiniDict: dou^平
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /dəu²²³/

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