塗
tú HSK7

smear, spread, paint

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Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 涂 represents the sound.

Components

涂
涂 Sound component
土
土 Meaning component

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdulˤa to plaster
dulˤa road

說文解字

《說文新附》：“塗，泥也。从土，涂聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)