渡 dù to cross
to cross; to ferry over; to pass through
怎么记住“渡”: 氵 water + 度 degree = to cross. The lake water is only four degrees, yet the brave swimmer plans to cross it before lunch.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
渡 = 氵 water + 度 degree
- 氵 water meaning
- 度 degree sound
- 广 broad
- 廿 twenty
- 又 again
The lake water is only four degrees, yet the brave swimmer plans to cross it before lunch.
How it came to be
Water gives the meaning and the right part gives the sound: to cross over.
用法
- To cross (water)/ferry over: 渡河 (dù hé) to cross a river, 渡船 a ferry.
- 过渡 (guòdù) = to transition: 过渡时期 (guòdù shíqī) a transitional period, a key abstract use.
- Figurative 'to get through' hardship: 渡过难关 (dùguò nánguān) to pull through a crisis.
- Note: 渡 is crossing water; the homophone 度 is 'to pass (time)': 度过时光 vs 渡过难关.