• 1770th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 46 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. tóng (tong2)copper (chemistry) • see also 紅銅|红铜[hong2 tong2] • CL:塊|块[kuai4]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for tóng (tong2)The component is pronounced as 'tóng' (tong2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for tóng (tong2)The component is pronounced as 'tòng' (tong4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Example Words

Common

铜牌 (銅牌)
青铜 (青銅)

Uncommon

古铜色 (古銅色)
铜仁 (銅仁)
铜像 (銅像)
铜器 (銅器)
铜川 (銅川)
铜板 (銅板)
铜梁 (銅梁)
铜铃 (銅鈴)
铜锣 (銅鑼)
铜锣湾 (銅鑼灣)
铜锣烧 (銅鑼燒)
铜陵 (銅陵)
铜鼓 (銅鼓)
青铜器 (青銅器)
黄铜 (黃銅)

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  • 1770th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 46 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. tóng (tong2)copper (chemistry) • see also 紅銅|红铜[hong2 tong2] • CL:塊|块[kuai4]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for tóng (tong2)The component is pronounced as 'tóng' (tong2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for tóng (tong2)The component is pronounced as 'tòng' (tong4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Example Words

Common

铜牌 (銅牌)
青铜 (青銅)

Uncommon

古铜色 (古銅色)
铜仁 (銅仁)
铜像 (銅像)
铜器 (銅器)
铜川 (銅川)
铜板 (銅板)
铜梁 (銅梁)
铜铃 (銅鈴)
铜锣 (銅鑼)
铜锣湾 (銅鑼灣)
铜锣烧 (銅鑼燒)
铜陵 (銅陵)
铜鼓 (銅鼓)
青铜器 (青銅器)
黄铜 (黃銅)

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  • 2084th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 31 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. tǒng (tong3)tube • cylinder

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for tǒng (tong3)The component is pronounced as 'tóng' (tong2). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
2. Pronunciation clue for tǒng (tong3)The component is pronounced as 'tòng' (tong4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Example Words

Common

传声筒 (傳聲筒)
手电筒 (手電筒)
话筒 (話筒)

Uncommon

出气筒 (出氣筒)
圆筒 (圓筒)
垃圾筒 
滚筒 (滾筒)
甜筒 
竹筒 
笔筒 (筆筒)
听筒 (聽筒)
万花筒 (萬花筒)
长筒靴 (長筒靴)

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  • 2706th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 25 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. tóng (tong2)Chinese wood-oil tree (Aleurites cordata)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for tóng (tong2)The component is pronounced as 'tóng' (tong2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for tóng (tong2)The component is pronounced as 'tòng' (tong4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Example Words

Common

梧桐 

Uncommon

刺桐 
桐城 
桐城市 
桐庐 (桐廬)
桐庐县 (桐廬縣)
桐梓 
桐乡 (桐鄉)
桐乡市 (桐鄉市)

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  • 4612th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 5 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. dòng (dong4)cave • cavern
2. tóng (tong2)name of a mountain

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for dòng (dong4)The component is pronounced as 'tóng' (tong2). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for dòng (dong4)The component is pronounced as 'tòng' (tong4). It has the same pinyin final.
3. Pronunciation clue for tóng (tong2)The component is pronounced as 'tóng' (tong2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
4. Pronunciation clue for tóng (tong2)The component is pronounced as 'tòng' (tong4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Uncommon

崆峒 

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  • 4390th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 10 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. dòng (Dong4)Dong (ethnic group)
2. dòng (dong4)(ethnic group)
3. tóng (tong2)ignorant

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for dòng (dong4)The component is pronounced as 'tóng' (tong2). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for dòng (dong4)The component is pronounced as 'tòng' (tong4). It has the same pinyin final.
3. Pronunciation clue for tóng (tong2)The component is pronounced as 'tóng' (tong2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
4. Pronunciation clue for tóng (tong2)The component is pronounced as 'tòng' (tong4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Example Words

Common

倥侗 

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  • 3896th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 28 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. tóng (tong2)ketone

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for tóng (tong2)The component is pronounced as 'tóng' (tong2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for tóng (tong2)The component is pronounced as 'tòng' (tong4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Example Words

Common

黄酮 (黃酮)

Uncommon

丙酮 
氯胺酮 
睾丸酮 
睾酮 
美沙酮 

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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.
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