涂
túTú HSK7

smear, spread, paint

涂 (塗) tú frequency
apply verb
to apply paint, ointment, or other substances; to smear or daub

他在伤口上涂了点药膏。

tā zài shāng​kǒu shàng tú le diǎn yào​gāo.

He applied some ointment to the wound.

mud noun
mud or mire (literary usage)

这里曾是一片低洼的泥涂，现在已经改造成了公园。

zhè​lǐ céng shì yī piàn dī​wā de ní​tú, xiàn​zài yǐ​jīng gǎi​zào chéng le gōng​yuán.

This used to be a low-lying mudflat, but it has now been transformed into a park.

scribble verb
to scribble, scrawl, or blot out writing

他在纸上涂掉了写错的字。

tā zài zhǐ shàng tú​diào le xiě cuò de zì.

He crossed out the wrong word on the paper.

street noun
road or street (literary usage)

他在漫长的征涂中历经磨难，终于到达了目的地。

tā zài màn​cháng de zhēng​tú zhōng lì​jīng mó​nàn, zhōng​yú dào​dá le mù​dì​dì.

He went through many hardships on the long journey and finally reached his destination.

涂 Tú
Tu proper name
surname Tu

涂先生是我们的新邻居。

Tú xiān​sheng shì wǒ​men de xīn lín​jū.

Mr. Tu is our new neighbor.

Cross-References

Variant of

Has old variant

Same as

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
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)