Chinese Character Wiki
图

tú

map

Simplified form of 圖. Depicts a map of city boundaries (囗) and places outside the city boundaries (啚).

Components
囗 iconic component

囗  Iconic component

wéi

  

surround

Depicts walls of a city.

冬 simplified component

冬  Simplified component

dōng

  

winter

Shorthand for the 啚 component in the traditional character 圖.

Evolution

图 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
图 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
图 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
图 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
图 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

图 (圖) 

tú

diagram; chart, map, picture; picture; drawing; chart; map; CL:張|张[zhāng]; to plan; to scheme; to attempt; to pursue; to seek

Most common words with 图
Freq.
Word
Meaning

图

diagram

试图

to attempt

图片

image

地图

map

图书馆

library

Statistics

HSK level 3

Appears in 60.3876% of movies

610th most common character in movies

476th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Traditional

圖

Unicode

U+56FE


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