塗
Definition
tú:* 泥；泥巴。 * 塗抹；粉刷。 * 敷；擦。 * 污染。 * 抹去；塗改。 * 亂寫或亂畫。 * 堵塞；掩蔽。 * 道路。也作"途"。 * 解凍。 * 同"嵞"。地名。①浙江省會稽山。 * 姓。 dù:* 以金飾物。後作"鍍"
smear, daub, apply, spread; paint
Structure
Related substructures
Precursors
Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
Clerical Script
c. 300 BCE–220 CE (emerged late Warring States/Qin; dominant Han)
A practical script that evolved from late Warring States/Qin writing; it matured and became dominant in the Han dynasty, favoring faster, more rectilinear strokes.Wikipedia ->
Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC