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侗

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Strokes
8
Radical
人 +6
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
侗
Common rank
#2,930
Unicode
U+4F97

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Formation & memory

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How 侗 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

亻 meaning “person” + 同 sound ( tóng )

Components 亻 同

Words with 侗

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
通道侗族自治县 Tōng dào Dòng zú Zì zhì xiàn Tongdao Dong Autonomous County, in Huaihua City 懷化市|怀化市[Huai2 hua4 Shi4], Hunan
三江侗族自治县 Sān jiāng Dòng zú Zì zhì xiàn Sanjiang Dong Autonomous County, in Liuzhou City 柳州市[Liu3 zhou1 Shi4], Guangxi
玉屏侗族自治县 Yù píng Dòng zú Zì zhì xiàn Yuping Dong Autonomous County, in Tongren City 銅仁市|铜仁市[Tong2 ren2 Shi4], Guizhou
靖州苗族侗族自治县 Jìng zhōu Miáo zú Dòng zú Zì zhì xiàn Jingzhou Miao and Dong Autonomous County, in Huaihua City 懷化市|怀化市[Huai2 hua4 Shi4], Hunan
黔东南苗族侗族自治州 Qián dōng nán Miáo zú Dòng zú Zì zhì zhōu Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, in Guizhou Province 貴州省|贵州省[Gui4 zhou1 Sh…
新晃侗族自治县 Xīn huǎng Dòng zú Zì zhì xiàn Xinhuang Dong Autonomous County, in Huaihua City 懷化市|怀化市[Huai2 hua4 Shi4], Hunan
芷江侗族自治县 Zhǐ jiāng Dòng zú Zì zhì xiàn Zhijiang Dong Autonomous County, in Huaihua City 懷化市|怀化市[Huai2 hua4 Shi4], Hunan
侗人 Dòng rén people of the Dong ethnic minority
侗族 Dòng zú Dong ethnic group
侗剧 Dòng jù Dong opera
倥侗 kōng tóng ignorant; unenlightened

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 同 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
同 sound part tóng same, similar; together with, alike
洞 dòng cave, grotto, hole, ravine
铜 tóng copper, bronze
筒 tǒng tube, pipe, cylinder; a thick piece of bamboo
酮 tóng ketone
桐 tóng Chinese wood-oil tree, Vernicia fordii
峒 dòng a mountain in Gansu province
硐 tóng cave; chamber; pit
恫 dòng fearful, pained, sorrowful
胴 dòng the large intestine; the body
茼 tóng chrysanthemum; Glebionis coronarium
垌 dòng farm, field; used in place names