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同 (tóng): meaning and stroke order

同 (tóng) means like, same, similar, together, alike, with, used in 胡同.

同

Simplified
同
Traditional
同, 衕
Pinyin
tóng · tòng

Stroke order of 同

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 同

  1. tóng
    • like
    • same
    • similar
    • together
    • alike
    • with
  2. tòng
    • used in 胡同[hu2 tong4]
  3. tòng Traditional 衕
    • used in 衚衕|胡同[hu2 tong4]

Radical and structure

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.

Words with 同

同 in our stories

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  • 第二天,狼又从同一个洞进来,又叼走了一只。

    dì-èr tiān láng yòu cóng tóng yí gè dòng jìnlai yòu diāo zǒu le yì zhī

    The next day the wolf came in through the same hole and took another one.

    From the story Mending the fold after the sheep is lost HSK 5

  • 他再请朋友来,让他坐在同一个位置,朋友又看见了杯里的“蛇”。乐广指着墙上的弓说明了真相,朋友的病当场就好了。

    tā zài qǐng péngyou lái ràng tā zuò zài tóng yí gè wèizhi péngyou yòu kànjiàn le bēi lǐ de shé Yuè Guǎng zhǐ zhe qiáng shàng de gōng shuōmíng le zhēnxiàng péngyou de bìng dāngchǎng jiù hǎo le

    He invited his friend back and seated him in the same place; the friend saw the "snake" in his cup again. Yue Guang pointed to the bow on the wall and explained, and the friend's illness vanished on the spot.

    From the story The bow's reflection in the cup HSK 7–9 · Level 7

  • 评论里全是同一句话:“阿姨才是真正的健身教练!”

    pínglùn lǐ quán shì tóng yí jù huà āyí cái shì zhēnzhèng de jiànshēn jiàoliàn

    The comments all said the same thing: "Auntie is the real fitness coach!"

    From the story Pulling noodles is a workout too HSK 7–9 · Level 8

Stories using 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).