tǒng
connected
Simplified form of 統. Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 充 represents the sound.
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Traditional script
ModernSimplified script
ModernMost common words with 统
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
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system | ||
president (of a country) | ||
tradition | ||
to unify | ||
statistics |