涂
tú HSK7

smear, spread, paint

涂 塗 tú
to smear verb
To spread on, apply, or daub a substance such as paint, ointment, or mud onto a surface.

我们把门涂成了绿色。

wǒ​men bǎ mén tú chéng le lǜ​sè.

We painted the door green.

她把指甲涂成了亮红色。

tā bǎ zhǐ​jia tú chéng le liàng hóng​sè.

She painted her fingernails bright red.

to scribble noun
To scrawl or write and draw aimlessly or messily.
to erase
To blot out, cross out, or rub away writing or characters.
mud
(bound form) Mud or mire; also refers to silty beaches or tidal flats formed by sediment.
road
(literary) Road, route, or journey.
Tu
A Chinese surname.

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Frequency
Character
Written text
1,735th most common 51.4 per million
Movie subtitles
1,506th most common 42.4 per million appears in 22% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
22.6 per million appears in 9% of films
Written text
25.6 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Traditional
塗
Strokes
10
Unicode
U+6D82

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)