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僮
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boy

HSK 10
Human →Relations
Zhuàng, tóng
トウ、ドウ
しもべ、わらべ
동
Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 童 represents the sound.
Components
亻 person (side)+ 童 juvenile =
僮 boy
亻 Meaning component
rén person (side)
亻 is a component form of 人.
童 Phonetic component
tóng juvenile
child, boy, servant boy
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Notes
Similar Characters
亿 hundred million (simp)什 what?仁 benevolence仃 solitary仅 solely (simp)仆 to fall forward (simp)仇 animosity仍 still仔 meticulous仕 official他 he仗 battle仙 immortal仟 one thousand代 generation仫 tribe (alt)们 plural (simp)仰 look up to仲 mid-仳 part
Historical Evolution
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
僮
Regular
Modern
Chinese
僮 [Zhuàng]
old variant of 壯|壮, Zhuang ethnic group of Guangxi
僮 [tóng]
servant boy
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (4)
僮族 [Zhuàng​zú] #55,463
old term for 壯族|壮族, Zhuang ethnic group of Guangxi
僮仆 [tóng​pú] #61,307
boy servant
僮仆 [tóng​pú] #61,307
boy servant
家僮 [jiā​tóng]
servant
JAPANESE WORDS (1)
童僕 [どうぼく] #148,624
young male servant