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same

HSK 6 N3
Communication →Language
tóng, tòng
ドウ
おな.じ
동
Depicts a large object (凡) like a shoulder carriage that requires the cooperation of multiple people working together to carry.
Components
凡 ordinary+ 口 mouth =
同 same
凡 Iconic component
fán ordinary
variant of 凡[fán]
Depicts a large object like a shoulder carriage.
口 Meaning component
kǒu mouth
Alludes to people speaking together to communicate.
Notes
Similar Characters
凤 phoenix (simp)帆 sail梵 Buddhist矾 alum (simp)般 sort釩 vanadium (trad)钒 vanadium (iii) (simp)風 wind (trad/jp)风 breeze (simp)鳳 male phoenix (trad)旁 side歬 go forward佩 wear at the waist服 apparel侃 upright and strong兽 bestial (simp)冋 a desert加 add卟 a chemical compound古 ancient
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
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)
同
Regular
Modern
Chinese
同 [tóng]
like; same; similar; together; alike; with
同 / 衕 [tòng]
see 衚衕|胡同[hú​tòng]
Japanese
同 どう 同音
  1. prefix the same; the said
  2. ? likewise
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
英語はドイツ語と同語族である。
The English language is cognate to the German language.
Japanese Names
同 あつむ
Atsumu unclassified name
同 どうさき
Dousaki surname
同 ひとし
Hitoshi male given name
CHINESE WORDS (200)
同时 [tóng​shí] #966
at the same time
同时 [tóng​shí] #966
at the same time
不同 [bù​tóng] #638
different
同意 [tóng​yì] #576
to agree
同样 [tóng​yàng] #1,012
same
同样 [tóng​yàng] #1,012
same
同志 [tóng​zhì] #1,483
comrade
共同 [gòng​tóng] #2,510
common
同性恋 [tóng​xìng​liàn] #944
homosexuality
同性恋 [tóng​xìng​liàn] #944
homosexuality
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JAPANESE WORDS (200)
⭐ 同じ [おなじ] #141
same
⭐ 同時に [どうじに] #790
at the same time
同じよう [おなじよう] #1,085
similar
⭐ 同士 [どうし] #1,576
fellow
⭐ 同様 [どうよう] #1,769
same
と同じように [とおなじように] #1,800
in the same way as
⭐ 同じく [おなじく] #1,847
in the same way
⭐ 同意 [どうい] #2,410
agreement
⭐ 同情 [どうじょう] #2,493
sympathy
⭐ 一同 [いちどう] #3,064
all present
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KOREAN WORDS (80)
동료 #4,745
coworker; colleague
동화 #10,319
assimilation
동의 #10,944
synonymy; synonymity
동정심 #16,987
sympathy
공동 #18,312
collaboration
동맹 #26,389
alliance
동창 #27,917
alumnus; classmate
동성애 #28,869
homosexuality
동성 #31,220
same surname
동일 #39,843
sameness; identicalness
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