tǒng

connected

Simplified form of . Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
纟 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

silk

is a component form of .

充 sound component

  Sound component

chōng

  

fill

Evolution

统 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
统 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
统 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
统 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
统 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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tǒng

govern, command, control; unite; to gather; to unite; to unify; whole

Most common words with 统
Freq.
Word
Meaning

系统

system

总统

president (of a country)

传统

tradition

统一

to unify

统计

statistics

Statistics

HSK level 4

Appears in 53.4198% of movies

504th most common character in movies

264th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Traditional

Unicode

U+7EDF


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