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途

Route
Stroke count: 10

Readings

On readingト
JōyōGrade 8Level 27

Verbs with «途»

途切れる途絶える
  1. way

Homonyms

ⓘ
Same reading (と)
戸 · door (esp. Japanese-style)斗 · traditional unit of volume, approx. 18 litres

Popular Usage

途中

Radicals and components

Radical辵walk
Components
How it's built
途
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Mnemonic (RtK)

ⓘ

scales · too much · umbrella · potato · small (小) · road (辶)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1790

Compound words

途中とちゅう
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
帰途きと
(the) way home; return trip; (the) way back
使途しと
purpose for which money is spent; the way money is spent; how goods are used
前途ぜんと
future; prospects; outlook; journey ahead; distance yet to cover
中途ちゅうと
halfway; midway; partway; mid-course
途上とじょう
on the way; en route; in the process of (development, construction, etc.); in the middle of
途方とほう
way; destination; reason
別途べっと
separate; special; another; separately
用途ようと
use; service; purpose
途端とたん
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
一途いちず
single-minded; intent; determined; wholehearted; earnest
途上国とじょうこく
developing country
途端にとたんに
just as; right after; in the act of; as soon as; at that moment
中途半端ちゅうとはんぱ
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves
途絶えるとだえる
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
途切れるとぎれる
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
開発途上国かいはつとじょうこく
developing country
発展途上国はってんとじょうこく
developing country
冥途めいど
Hades
一途にいちずに
wholeheartedly
使い途つかいみち
purpose
途惑うとまどう
to be bewildered
三途の河さんずのかわ
Sanzu River (Japanese Buddhist equivalent of the River Styx)
三途の川さんずのかわ
Sanzu River (Japanese Buddhist equivalent of the River Styx)

Additional Examples

彼は途中で彼女に会うのを避けた。
He avoided meeting her on the way.tatoeba
彼は途中で事故に遭ったかもしれない。
He may have met with an accident on the way.tatoeba
彼は途中で事故に遭ったのかもしれない。
He may have met with an accident on his way.tatoeba

Stroke Order

10 strokes

Route. ⻌ (movement) + 余 — the road you travel. 途中 — on the way.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 途

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