dù
cross
Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 度 represents the sound.
Components
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 渡
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to cross | ||
transition | ||
to cross over | ||
illegal immigration | ||
to extradite |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[d]ˤak-s | duH | dù | to ford |
Statistics
HSK level 6
Appears in 11.3087% of movies
1894th most common character in movies
1406th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 12 |
Unicode | U+6E21 |
Shuowen | “渡，濟也。从水，度聲。” |
Sources
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