Onyomi: ト · Kunyomi: みち · Meanings: road, route, way
Kanji for road, route, way
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The kanji 途 is built from the road radical 辶 on the left and the character 余 on the right. 辶 represents movement, walking, or a path, while 余 originally showed a person standing with something extra or remaining, symbolizing going beyond. Together, the character creates the idea of traveling along a path, a route that leads somewhere. Over time, 途 came to mean “way,” “route,” or “journey,” emphasizing the idea of moving along a path toward a destination.
A walking path (辶) combined with the idea of moving forward (余) — representing a way, route, or journey.
Picture walking along a path (辶), moving forward step by step (余) toward your goal. That’s 途 — a route or journey.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 道 | みち | road, path, street, lane, passage | common JLPT-N5 Noun |
| 途 | と | way, route | common Noun |
| 途中 | とちゅう | on the way, en route | common JLPT-N4 JLPT-N1 Noun, Adverb (fukushi) |
| 途端 | とたん | just (now, at the moment, etc.), just as, in the act of, as soon as, at the moment that | common JLPT-N3 Noun, Adverb (fukushi) |
| 途上 | とじょう | on the way, en route | common JLPT-N1 Noun, Adverb (fukushi) |
| 途切れる | とぎれる | to break off, to come to an end, to be interrupted, to be cut short, to pause | common JLPT-N1 Ichidan verb, Intransitive verb |
| 途絶える | とだえる | to stop, to cease, to come to an end, to cut off | common JLPT-N1 Ichidan verb, Intransitive verb |
| 途上国 | とじょうこく | developing country | common Noun |
| 戸惑う | とまどう | to be bewildered, to be perplexed | common Godan verb with 'u' ending, Intransitive verb |
| 途端に | とたんに | just as, right after, in the act of, as soon as, at that moment | common Adverb (fukushi) |