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徒

tú

tú · tou4 (Jyutping)

  1. (bound form) disciple; apprentice; believer; (derog.) wrongdoer (as in 騙徒|骗徒[pian4 tu2] "swindler" or 叛徒[pan4 tu2] "traitor" etc)
  2. (bound form) on foot
  3. (bound form) bare; empty
  4. (bound form) to no avail; in vain
  5. (bound form) merely; just; only
  6. (bound form) prison sentence
  7. surname Tu

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

徒

Meaning
disciple, follower; go on foot
Radical
彳
Strokes
10
Components
⿰彳走
Cangjie
HOGYO
Four-corner
2428.1

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