都

2 readings · tap one to hear it

all; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already; (not) at all

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HSK 3.0: Level 1
Old HSK: Level 1
Strokes: 10
Radical: 邑 +9
Structure: Left–right 左右
Traditional: 都
Common rank: #543
Unicode: U+90FD

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Formation & memory

Break the character into parts you already know.

How 都 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

阝 meaning “city” + 者 sound ( zhě )

Components 者阝

How to remember it

metropolis · Heisig RSH #1383

puppet + city walls

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 都

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

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
三都水族自治县	Sān dū Shuǐ zú Zì zhì xiàn	Sandu Shui Autonomous County, in Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 黔南布依族苗族自治州[Q…
大都市	dà dū shì	metropolis; large city; megacity
大都会	dà dū huì	major city; metropolis; metropolitan
花都区	Huā dū Qū	Huadu, a district of Guangzhou City 廣州市\|广州市[Guang3 zhou1 Shi4], Guangdong
都安县	Dū ān Xiàn	see 都安瑤族自治縣\|都安瑶族自治县[Du1 an1 Yao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
都市化	dū shì huà	to urbanize
都拉斯	Dōu lā sī	Durrës (city in Albania)
三都县	Sān dū Xiàn	see 三都水族自治縣\|三都水族自治县[San1 du1 Shui3 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
阿不来提·阿不都热西提	Ā bù lái tí Ā bù dū rè xī tí	Ablet Abdureshit (1942–), chairman of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region 1993–2003
新都区	Xīn dū Qū	Xindu, a district of Chengdu City 成都市[Cheng2 du1 Shi4], Sichuan
成都市	Chéng dū Shì	Chengdu, sub-provincial city and capital of Sichuan Province 四川省[Si4 chuan1 Sheng3]
都市病	dū shì bìng	lifestyle diseases
成都体育大学	Chéng dū Tǐ yù Dà xué	Chengdu Sports University
江都区	Jiāng dū Qū	Jiangdu, a district of Yangzhou City 揚州市\|扬州市[Yang2 zhou1 Shi4], Jiangsu
乐都区	Lè dū Qū	Ledu, a district of Haidong City 海東市\|海东市[Hai3 dong1 Shi4], Qinghai
开都河	Kāi dū Hé	Kaidu River, Xinjiang
都市传说	dū shì chuán shuō	urban legend; urban myth
都兰县	Dū lán Xiàn	Dulan, a county in Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 海西蒙古族藏族自治州[Hai3 xi1 Meng…
信都区	Xìn dū Qū	Xindu, a district of Xingtai City 邢臺市\|邢台市[Xing2 tai2 Shi4], Hebei
手心手背都是肉	shǒu xīn shǒu bèi dōu shì ròu	lit. both the palm and the back of the hand are made of flesh (idiom); fig. to both be of …

Sound family

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

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
者 sound part	zhě	that which; they who; those who
猪	zhū	pig, hog, wild boar
诸	zhū	all, many, various; surname
著	zhù	to show, to prove, to make known
署	shǔ	bureau, public office; to sign
赌	dǔ	to bet, to gamble, to wager
绪	xù	mental state; thread, clue
屠	tú	to butcher, to slaughter; massacre
暑	shǔ	hot; heat; summer
煮	zhǔ	to boil, to cook
堵	dǔ	wall; to stop, to prevent, to block
奢	shē	exaggerated; extravagant, wasteful
睹	dǔ	to look at, to gaze at; to observe
渚	zhǔ	islet, sandbar
箸	zhù	chopsticks
褚	zhǔ	bag, valise; to pad, to stuff; surname
赭	zhě	hematite; ochre, reddish-brown
啫	zhě	onomatopoeic; an interjection of warning
楮	chǔ	mulberry; paper