tóng, tòng
together
Depicts a large object (凡) like a shoulder carriage that requires the cooperation of multiple people working together to carry.
Components
Evolution
![同 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC) 同 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)](https://data.dong-chinese.com/img/sinica/%E5%90%8C_0.png)
Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)![同 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC) 同 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)](https://data.dong-chinese.com/img/sinica/%E5%90%8C_1.png)
Bronze script
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)![同 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD) 同 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)](https://data.dong-chinese.com/img/sinica/%E5%90%8C_7.png)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)![同 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD) 同 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)](https://data.dong-chinese.com/img/sinica/%E5%90%8C_11.png)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Component uses
Simplified component in 1 character (1 verified)
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*lˤoŋ | duwng | tóng | together, join |
Statistics
HSK level 6
Appears in 96.5722% of movies
189th most common character in movies
69th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 6 |
Simplified | |
Traditional | |
Unicode | U+540C |
Shuowen | “同,合會也。从,从口。” |
Sources
季旭昇《說文新證》p.614
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