Memory phrase for the character: 涂

涂

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Meaning

to apply (salve, paint), to smear, to daub, scribble

Pronunciation

tú

Explanation

Left: water 氵(here: liquid), right: excess/rest 余 (A heap

is still on the altar 示 (= to show), thus in excess.)

Mnemonic

If liquid is in excess, we can apply it like a salve/ointment.

Radicals

氵	water	Simplified from this water 水
余	remaining, excess	A heap remained on the altar, and thus is in excess.

Vocabulary

糊涂	hú tu	muddled; silly; confused
涂料	tú liào	paint
涂抹	tú mǒ	to paint; to smear; to apply (makeup etc); to doodle; to erase; to obliterate

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