同
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like; same; similar; together; alike; with
6 strokes
Dict coverage rank #152 U+540C
How 同 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
Sharing a common 凡 tongue 口
How to remember it
same · Heisig RSH #185
一 one + 口 mouth + hood + cowl — as a component also called: monks
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 同 as their sound component
These characters all use 同 (tóng) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 同 sound component | tóng | same, similar; together with, alike |
| 洞 | dòng | cave, grotto, hole, ravine |
| 铜 | tóng | copper, bronze |
| 筒 | tǒng | tube, pipe, cylinder; a thick piece of bamboo |
| 酮 | tóng | ketone |
| 桐 | tóng | Chinese wood-oil tree, Vernicia fordii |
| 侗 | tóng | big; ignorant, rude, rustic |
| 峒 | dòng | a mountain in Gansu province |
| 硐 | tóng | cave; chamber; pit |
| 恫 | dòng | fearful, pained, sorrowful |
| 胴 | dòng | the large intestine; the body |
| 茼 | tóng | chrysanthemum; Glebionis coronarium |
| 垌 | dòng | farm, field; used in place names |
Words containing 同
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大同区 | Dà tóng Qū | Datong or Tatung District of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市[Tai2 bei3 Shi4], Taiwan; Datong District … |
| 大同市 | Dà tóng Shì | Datong, prefecture-level city in Shanxi Province 山西省[Shan1 xi1 Sheng3] |
| 同心县 | Tóng xīn Xiàn | Tongxin, a county in Wuzhong City 吳忠市|吴忠市[Wu2 zhong1 Shi4], Ningxia |
| 同道中人 | tóng dào zhōng rén | kindred spirit |
| 会同县 | Huì tóng Xiàn | Huitong, a county in Huaihua City 懷化市|怀化市[Huai2 hua4 Shi4], Hunan |
| 大不相同 | dà bù xiāng tóng | not at all the same; substantially different |
| 同安区 | Tóng ān Qū | Tong'an, a district of Xiamen City 廈門市|厦门市[Xia4 men2 Shi4], Fujian |
| 同德县 | Tóng dé Xiàn | Tongde, a county in Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 海南藏族自治州[Hai3 nan2 Zang4 zu2 Zi4 z… |
| 不同 | bù tóng | different; distinct; not the same; not alike |
| 同人 | tóng rén | people from the same workplace or profession; co-worker; colleague; (fandom) fan creator o… |
| 大同 | Dà tóng | see 大同市[Da4 tong2 Shi4]; see 大同鄉|大同乡[Da4 tong2 Xiang1]; see 大同區|大同区[Da4 tong2 Qu1]; (Confu… |
| 一同 | yī tóng | together |
| 同一 | tóng yī | identical; the same |
| 同理心 | tóng lǐ xīn | empathy |
| 同学 | tóng xué | to study at the same school; fellow student; classmate; CL:位[wei4],個|个[ge4] |
| 同心 | Tóng xīn | see 同心縣|同心县[Tong2 xin1 Xian4] |
| 同心 | tóng xīn | to be of one mind; united; concentric |
| 同性 | tóng xìng | same nature; homosexual |
| 方大同 | Fāng Dà tóng | Khalil Fong (1983–2025), Hong Kong singer-songwriter |
| 同化 | tóng huà | assimilation (cultural, digestive, phonemic etc) |