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同

tóng, tòng

together

Depicts a large object (凡) like a shoulder carriage that requires the cooperation of multiple people working together to carry.

Components
凡 iconic component

凡  Iconic component

fán

  

all

Depicts a large object like a shoulder carriage.

口 meaning component

口  Meaning component

kǒu

  

mouth

Alludes to people speaking together to communicate.

Evolution

同 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
同 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
同 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
同 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
同 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

同  

tóng

same, similar; together with; like; same; similar; together; alike; with

同 (衕) 

tòng

alley, lane; see 衚衕|胡同[hú​tòng]

同 (仝) 

tóng

(used in given names); variant of 同[tóng]

Most common words with 同
Freq.
Word
Meaning

同时

at the same time

同

like

不同

different

同意

to agree

同样

same

Component uses

Sound component in 14 characters (2 verified)

衕 洞 銅 铜 筒 桐 酮 恫 侗 峒 胴 硐 茼 垌

Iconic component in 2 characters (2 verified)

兴 興

Simplified component in 1 character (1 verified)

兴

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

同

Traditional

同衕

Unicode

U+540C

Shuowen

“同，合會也。从，从口。”


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