途

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way; route; road

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

辶 meaning “walk” + 余 sound ( yú )

Components 辶余

route · Heisig RSH #1285

scale + road

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
人群管理特别用途车	rén qún guǎn lǐ tè bié yòng tú chē	specialized crowd management vehicle, a riot control vehicle equipped with a water cannon,…
中途之家	zhōng tú zhī jiā	(Tw) halfway house (for released prisoners, victims of domestic violence etc); (Tw) (for a…
长途电话	cháng tú diàn huà	long-distance phone call
前途无量	qián tú wú liàng	to have boundless prospects
长途车	cháng tú chē	long-distance bus
打长途	dǎ cháng tú	to make a long distance call
老马识途	lǎo mǎ shí tú	an old horse knows the way (idiom); an experienced worker knows what to do; an old hand kn…
识途老马	shí tú lǎo mǎ	lit. an old horse knows the way home (idiom); fig. in difficulty, trust an experience coll…
长途话费	cháng tú huà fèi	(telephony) long-distance call charge
多用途	duō yòng tú	multipurpose
中途岛	Zhōng tú Dǎo	Midway Islands
中途退场	zhōng tú tuì chǎng	to leave in the middle of the play; (fig.) to leave before the matter is concluded
道听途说	dào tīng tú shuō	gossip; hearsay; rumor
经济前途	jīng jì qián tú	economic future; economic outlook
不绝于途	bù jué yú tú	to come and go in an incessant stream
途人	tú rén	passer-by; stranger
中途	zhōng tú	partway through; midway; along the way
途中	tú zhōng	en route
长途	cháng tú	long distance; long-distance phone call (abbr. for 長途電話\|长途电话[chang2 tu2 dian4 hua4]); long…
预期用途	yù qī yòng tú	intended use

Characters sharing the sound component 余 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
余 sound part	yú	surplus, remainder; surname
斜	xié	slanting, sloping, inclined
涂	tú	to smear, to scribble, to daub; surname
徐	xú	slowly, quietly, calmly; dignified, composed
叙	xù	to express, to state; to relate, to narrate
荼	tú	a bitter vegetable
嵞	tú	a mountain in Zhejiang
狳	yú	armadillo
蜍	chú	toad (2)
酴	tú	yeast; wine; to leaven, to ferment