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Mythic Mandarin

不同 (bù tóng): meaning and stroke order

不同 (bù tóng) means different, distinct, not the same, not alike.

不同

Simplified
不同
Traditional
不同 (same form)
Pinyin
bù tóng

Stroke order of 不同

不

  • bù no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
  • 4 strokes

Stroke by stroke

同

  • tóng like; same
  • tòng used in 胡同[hu2 tong4]
  • tòng used in 衚衕|胡同[hu2 tong4]
  • 6 strokes
  • Traditional form: 衕

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 不同

  1. bù tóng
    • different
    • distinct
    • not the same
    • not alike

Radicals of the characters

不
Radical 一 (Kangxi radical 1) · 4 strokes · built from 丆 and 卜
同
Radical 口 (Kangxi radical 30) · 6 strokes · built from 冂 and 𠮛

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

不同 in our stories

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  • 书里的花也不一样，好像是从不同的地方摘来的。

    shū lǐ de huā yě bù yíyàng hǎoxiàng shì cóng bùtóng de dìfang zhāi lái de

    The flowers were all different too, as if picked in different places.

    From the story Flowers in the book return HSK 5

Stories using 不同

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).