渡
to cross; to pass through; to ferry
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How 渡 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
氵 (semantic, “water”) + 度 (phonetic, dù)
How to remember it
ferry · Heisig RSH #979
水 water + 度 degrees
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 度
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 度 (dù) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 度 sound component | dù | degree, system; manner; to consider |
| 镀 | dù | to plate, to gild, to coat |
| 踱 | duó | to pace, to stroll, to walk slowly |
Words containing 渡
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大渡口区 | Dà dù kǒu Qū | Dadukou, a district of Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2 qing4] |
| 普渡大学 | Pǔ dù Dà xué | Purdue University |
| 过渡时期 | guò dù shí qī | transition period |
| 官渡之战 | Guān dù zhī Zhàn | Battle of Guandu of 199 that established Cao Cao's 曹操[Cao2 Cao1] domination over north Chi… |
| 大渡口 | Dà dù kǒu | see 大渡口區|大渡口区[Da4 du4 kou3 Qu1] |
| 大渡河 | Dà dù Hé | Dadu River in Sichuan |
| 中元普渡 | zhōng yuán pǔ dù | Ghosts' festival on 15th day of 7th moon |
| 过渡性 | guò dù xìng | transitional; bridging |
| 远渡重洋 | yuǎn dù chóng yáng | to travel across the oceans |
| 官渡区 | Guān dù Qū | Guandu, a district of Kunming City 昆明市[Kun1 ming2 Shi4], Yunnan |
| 过渡金属 | guò dù jīn shǔ | transition metal (chemistry) |
| 渡头 | dù tóu | ferry crossing point |
| 渡海 | dù hǎi | to cross a sea |
| 明修栈道，暗渡陈仓 | míng xiū zhàn dào , àn dù Chén cāng | lit. repair the plank road by day while secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河[Wei4 He2] at Ch… |
| 渡口 | dù kǒu | ferry crossing |
| 渡河 | dù hé | to cross a river |
| 渡江 | dù jiāng | to cross a river |
| 渡轮船 | dù lún chuán | ferry ship |
| 过渡性贷款 | guò dù xìng dài kuǎn | bridging loan |
| 河姆渡 | Hé mǔ dù | Hemudu neolithic archaeological site near Ningbo in Zhejiang, going back to c. 5000 BC |