塗 (칠할 도, “to smear; mud, road”), interchangeable in older texts.

Shares the same meaning field as 道 (도, “way, path”), but with different usage.
Also a variant of 塗 (칠할 도) in certain contexts.

Phono-semantic compound:
辵 (쉬엄쉬엄 갈 착, “to walk, movement”) — semantic, indicating a road or path.
余 (나 여, yú) — phonetic, providing the sound.
Thus originally “a path for traveling, a road.”

途中 (도중) — on the way, midway
前途 (전도) — future prospects, outlook
歸途 (귀도) — way back, return journey
前途有望 (전도유망) — promising future

Characters

Words

Vocabulary

to be near, close, nearby

to return, to give back, to come back

to state, to narrate, to describe, to follow, to pursue, to extend, to carry out

to be lost, to go astray, to be confused

trace, mark, footprint, vestige, remains

to pursue, to chase, to seek

to send, to deliver, to dispatch

to penetrate, to pierce, to pass through

road, path, way

to pass through, to communicate, to be well connected, to match in mind or intention

fast, quick, rapid, to hasten, to speed up

to create, to make

to connect, to link together, to be adjacent, to be in succession

to go around, to turn, week

to advance, to go forward

to be at ease, comfortable, unrestrained, to escape, flee, run away

finally, at last, to advance, to accomplish/achieve, to escape, to recommend, to raise/nurture, to follow, to hesitate, road, path

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途

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Usage in Korean

Words that derived from 途

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