• 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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  • 52nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.28% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 448 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. dào (dao4)direction • way • road • path • principle • truth • morality • reason • skill • method • Dao (of Daoism) • to say • to speak • to talk • classifier for long thin stretches, rivers, roads etc • province (of Korea do 도, and formerly Japan dō) • CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

Common

知道 

Uncommon

出道 
北海道 
厚道 
同道 
味道 
问道 (問道)
国道 (國道)
地道 
报道 (報道)
大道 
小道 
微不足道 
志同道合 
有道 
正道 
渠道 
王道 
肠道 (腸道)
街道 
说道 (說道)
车道 (車道)
轨道 (軌道)
通道 
道具 
道别 (道別)
道德 
道歉 
道理 
道路 
隧道 
难道 (難道)
霸道 
频道 (頻道)

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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.