dōng

onomatopoetic

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
口 meaning component

  Meaning component

kǒu

  

mouth

冬 sound component

  Sound component

dōng

  

winter

Definitions

 

dōng

onomatopoetic, a thumping sound; boom (of a drum)

Most common words with 咚
Freq.
Word
Meaning

boom (of a drum)

叮咚

(onom.) ding dong

咚咚

(onom.) thud

咕咚

splash

黑咕隆咚

pitch-black