塗

tú = tu + Ø2

to apply (paint etc) / to smear / to daub / to blot out / to scribble / to scrawl / (literary) mud / street

涂 = 余 + 氵 : Someone smeared (涂) a graffiti on Tommy Turtle's (tu) sedan chair (余) just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2). Tommy Turtle tries to clean it using a bottle of water (氵).

塗 character breakdown

塗
- 土
  - 一
  - 十
    - 一
    - 丨
- 涂
  - 余
    - 亼
      - 一
      - 人
        
        丿
        
        ㇏
    - 朩
      - 一
      - 小
        
        亅
        
        八
        
        丿
        
        ㇏
  - 氵
    - ⺀
      - 丶
    - ㇀

tǔ = tu + Ø3

Tu (ethnic group) / surname Tu

tǔ = tu + Ø3

earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]

土 = 十 + 一 : Tommy Turtle (tu) wants to fix a cross (十) on a flute (一) in the space station's living room (Ø3). He uses dust and clay (土) to hold them together.

tú = tu + Ø2

to apply (paint etc) / to smear / to daub / to blot out / to scribble / to scrawl / (literary) mud / street

涂 = 余 + 氵 : Someone smeared (涂) a graffiti on Tommy Turtle's (tu) sedan chair (余) just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2). Tommy Turtle tries to clean it using a bottle of water (氵).

tú = tu + Ø2

surname Tu

涂 = 余 + 氵 : Someone smeared (涂) a graffiti on Tommy Turtle's (tu) sedan chair (余) just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2). Tommy Turtle tries to clean it using a bottle of water (氵).

tú = tu + Ø2

variant of 途[tu2]

涂 = 余 + 氵 : Someone smeared (涂) a graffiti on Tommy Turtle's (tu) sedan chair (余) just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2). Tommy Turtle tries to clean it using a bottle of water (氵).

Characters with 塗 as component

塗 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 塗

muddled / silly / confused

dotard

variant of 糊裡糊塗|糊里糊涂[hu2 li5 hu2 tu2]

confused / vague / indistinct / muddle-headed / mixed up / in a daze

muddleheaded / careless

blunderer / bungler

variant of 糊塗|糊涂[hu2 tu5]

muddled accounts / a mess of bookkeeping

blunderer / bungler / also written 糊塗蟲|糊涂虫

the common people in a miserable state

ravenous wolves hold the road (idiom); wicked people in power / a vicious tyranny rules the land

confused / muddled / stupid / dumb

,

even the wisest can have a momentary lapse in judgment (idiom) / every man has a fool in his sleeve

to offer one's life in sacrifice

Sentences with 塗

塗 currently does not appear in any sentence.