• 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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  • 2433rd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 56 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhóu (zhou2)axis • axle
2. zhòu (zhou4)see 壓軸戲|压轴戏[ya1 zhou4 xi4]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for zhóu (zhou2)The component is pronounced as 'yóu' (you2). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for zhòu (zhou4)The component is pronounced as 'yóu' (you2). It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words

Common

主轴 (主軸)
卷轴 (卷軸)
对称轴 (對稱軸)
轴承 (軸承)
连轴转 (連軸轉)

Uncommon

中轴 (中軸)
中轴线 (中軸線)
传动轴 (傳動軸)
凸轮轴 (凸輪軸)
同轴 (同軸)
地轴 (地軸)
压轴戏 (壓軸戲)
画轴 (畫軸)
线轴 (線軸)
自转轴 (自轉軸)
车轴 (車軸)
轴突 (軸突)
轴线 (軸線)
轴距 (軸距)
轮轴 (輪軸)
转轴 (轉軸)

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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.