Chinese Character Wiki

徒

tú

disciple

To walk 走 in someone's footsteps 彳

Components
彳 meaning component

彳  Meaning component

chì

  

walk

土 sound,meaning component

土  Sound Meaning component

tǔ

  

earth

止 meaning component

止  Meaning component

zhǐ

  

(foot), stop

Evolution

徒 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
徒 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
徒 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
徒 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

徒  

tú

disciple, follower; go on foot; disciple; apprentice; believer; on foot; bare or empty; to no avail; only; prison sentence

徒  

Tú

surname Tu

Most common words with 徒
Freq.
Word
Meaning

叛徒

traitor

歹徒

evildoer

徒

disciple

有期徒刑

limited term of imprisonment (i.e. anything less than life imprisonment)

信徒

believer

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[d]ˤa

du

tú

go on foot


Statistics

HSK level 6

Appears in 27.4067% of movies

1162nd most common character in movies

1060th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Unicode

U+5F92

Shuowen

“，步行也。从辵，土聲。”


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