同

See also 何, 向, 回, and 伺

Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order

Phonosemantic interpretation

Old Chinese Initial /*t-/ lends semantic value Straight. Vowel /*-u-/ lends semantic value Circle or Mass. Final consonant /*-ng/ lends semantic value Extension. Oracle bone script style is phono-semantic indicator 用 (run through) + semantic indicator a hole → run a stick through a board, creating a hole. Present-day meanings are via association and extension. Source: Howell & Morimoto

Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 𠔼 (“twice”) + 口 (“mouth”) together.

Han character

同 (radical 30 口+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 月一口 (BMR), four-corner 7722₀, composition ⿵冂⿱一口)

1. same, similar
2. together with

Derived characters

• 洞, 銅, 桐, 侗, 恫, 挏, 鮦, 駧, 眮, 詷
• 迵, 衕, 興
• 筒

Descendants

• 仝, 々

References

• KangXi: page 175, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3294
• Dae Jaweon: page 389, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 578, character 1
• Unihan data for U+540C

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Cantonese

Hanzi

同 (traditional 衕, jyutping dung6, tung4, Yale dung6, tung4)

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Hmong

Hanzi

同

1. same

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Japanese

Kanji

同 (grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: どう (dō), とう (tō)
• Kun: おなじ (onaji), ともに (tomoni), ともにする (tomonisuru)

Prefix

同 (hiragana どう, romaji dō-)

1. same, similar
2. together with

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Korean

Hanja

同 (hangeul 동, revised dong, McCune-Reischauer tong)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

同 (traditional 衕, pinyin tóng (tong2), Wade-Giles t'ung²)

Compounds

• 同樣
• 同音字

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Vietnamese

Han character

同 (đồng), đùng, đang

Readings

• Nôm: đang, đồng, đùng

References

• Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
• Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
• Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm , NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999