• 69th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.23% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 296 words
  • Component in 20 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. tóng (tong2)like • same • similar • together • alike • with
2. tòng (tong4)see 衚衕|胡同[hu2 tong4]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

Common

不同 
共同 
同事 
同学 (同學)
同时 (同時)
同样 (同樣)

Uncommon

一同 
不约而同 (不約而同)
共同点 (共同點)
合同 
同人 
同仁 
同伴 
同在 
同居 
同志 
同性 
同性恋 (同性戀)
同情 
同意 
同感 
同桌 
同步 
同班 
同盟 
同胞 
同行 
同路 
同道 
同龄 (同齡)
同龄人 (同齡人)
大同 
如同 
志同道合 
感同身受 
相同 
胡同 
与众不同 (與眾不同)
认同 (認同)
赞同 (讚同)
陪同 
雷同 
党同伐异 (黨同伐異)

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  • 349th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.06% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 163 words
  • Component in 5 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (Bu4)surname Bu
2. (bu4)a step • a pace • walk • march • stages in a process

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

同步 
散步 
步步 
脚步 (腳步)
跑步 
进步 (進步)

Uncommon

初步 
地步 
大步 
徒步 
止步 
步伐 
步入 
步子 
步履 
步行 
步行者 
步行街 
步骤 (步驟)
漫步 
稳步 (穩步)
舞步 
让步 (讓步)
起步 
踏步 
退步 
逐步 
进一步 (進一步)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.