Keyword
to smear
- to scribble
- to daub
- surname
- Frequency
- #1851
- Strokes
- 10
Readings
tú
Mnemonic
氵 (water) gives the meaning and 余 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
涂
to apply (paint etc); to smear; to daub; to blot out; to scribble; to scrawl; (literary) mud; street
糊涂
muddled; silly; confused
涂鸦
graffiti; scrawl; poor calligraphy; to write badly; to scribble
涂料
paint
涂抹
to paint; to smear; to apply (makeup etc); to doodle; to erase; to obliterate
一塌糊涂
muddled and completely collapsing (idiom); in an awful condition; complete shambles; a total mess
涂层
protective layer; coating
涂装
painted ornament; livery (on airline or company vehicle)
一败涂地
lit. defeated, the ground blanketed with bodies (idiom); fig. to suffer a crushing defeat
滩涂
mudflat
稀里糊涂
muddleheaded; careless
涂改
to alter (text); to change by painting over; to correct (with correction fluid)
涂山
Mt Tu in Zhejiang
糊里糊涂
confused; vague; indistinct; muddle-headed; mixed up; in a daze
涂油
to grease; to oil; to baste (cookery)
老糊涂
dotard
当涂县
Dangtu, a county in Ma'anshan City 马鞍山市 (Mǎ'ānshānShì), Anhui
涂尔干
Durkheim (1858-1917), French sociologist
生灵涂炭
people are in a terrible situation (idiom)
涂炭
extreme distress; in utter misery
涂片
smear (medical sample); microscope slide
弹涂鱼
mudskipper (amphibious fish)
海涂
tidal marsh; shoal; shallows
糊涂虫
blunderer; bungler