都

dū
#68 most
frequent character
capital city, metropolis

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

都 has 者 zhě as a sound part and ⻏ city as a meaning part. It first meant 'capital city'. Read dū, it grew to 'city, metropolis'; read dōu, the sense 'all' was borrowed for its sound.

都 as a component in other characters

sound1 character
嘟

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