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Kanji Detail for 途 - "road, way, path"

途

  • Meaning

    途 means "road, way, path."

    1. Route - A path; a course; a road.

    2. Way - A road; a journey; a distance.

    3. Road - A street; a pathway.

  • Words using 途

    • 途中 とちゅう Listen on the way; en route; in the middle of
    • 途上国 とじょうこく Listen developing country
    • 使途 しと Listen purpose for which money is spent; the way money is spent; how goods are used
    • 用途 ようと Listen use; service; purpose
    • 前途 ぜんと Listen future; prospects; outlook
    • 中途 ちゅうと Listen halfway; midway; partway
    • 途上 とじょう Listen on the way; en route; in the process of (development, construction, etc.)
    • 途方 とほう Listen way; destination; reason

  • Four-character idioms with 途

    • 中途半端 ちゅうとはんぱ Listen halfway; half measures; unfinished
    • 前途多望 ぜんとたぼう Listen promising (rosy, bright) future; offering promising prospects
    • 前途多難 ぜんとたなん Listen having many difficulties in store; grim prospects
    • 前途有望 ぜんとゆうぼう Listen promising future
    • 前途遼遠 ぜんとりょうえん Listen having a long way to go; having a long road ahead of one; being a long way off

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    • Verified meaning: road, way, path
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read みち)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 途

    Given names 途(みち)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    route; way; road

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    way, road, path, journey; course

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    way; route; road

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    way, road, path, journey, course

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A road. Such as 歸途 (homeward journey), 仕途 (official career).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    to(ト) ト

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    michi(みち) みち

  • Strokes

    tip

    10 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    辵 辶 (shinnyo・shinnyu)

  • Related Keywords

    route path road way journey course passage direction midway transit

Sentences including 途

  • Please drop in at my house on your way home.

  • We met him on the way there.

  • I met him on my way from school.

  • On my way to school each day , i see dogs.

  • I met my teacher on the way.

  • I met her along the way.

  • The car broke down on the way to the airport.

  • The policeman cut me short in my talk.

  • He may have met with an accident on his way.

  • We were caught in a shower on our way from school.

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