同

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like; same; similar; together; alike; with

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HSK 3.0: Level 1
Old HSK: Level 1
Strokes: 6
Radical: 口 +3
Structure: Top enclosure 上包
Traditional: 同
Common rank: #152
Unicode: U+540C

Sound it out + = · + =

Formation & memory

Break the character into parts you already know.

How 同 is formed

Ideographic compound (会意字)

Sharing a common 凡 tongue 口

Components 凡口

How to remember it

same · Heisig RSH #185

一 one + 口 mouth + hood + cowl — as a component also called: monks

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 同

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

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
同学	tóng xué	to study at the same school; fellow student; classmate; CL:位[wei4],個\|个[ge4]
大同区	Dà tóng Qū	Datong or Tatung District of Taipei City 臺北市\|台北市[Tai2 bei3 Shi4], Taiwan; Datong District …
大同市	Dà tóng Shì	Datong, prefecture-level city in Shanxi Province 山西省[Shan1 xi1 Sheng3]
同心县	Tóng xīn Xiàn	Tongxin, a county in Wuzhong City 吳忠市\|吴忠市[Wu2 zhong1 Shi4], Ningxia
同道中人	tóng dào zhōng rén	kindred spirit
会同县	Huì tóng Xiàn	Huitong, a county in Huaihua City 懷化市\|怀化市[Huai2 hua4 Shi4], Hunan
大不相同	dà bù xiāng tóng	not at all the same; substantially different
同安区	Tóng ān Qū	Tong'an, a district of Xiamen City 廈門市\|厦门市[Xia4 men2 Shi4], Fujian
同德县	Tóng dé Xiàn	Tongde, a county in Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 海南藏族自治州[Hai3 nan2 Zang4 zu2 Zi4 z…
不同	bù tóng	different; distinct; not the same; not alike
同人	tóng rén	people from the same workplace or profession; co-worker; colleague; (fandom) fan creator o…
大同	Dà tóng	see 大同市[Da4 tong2 Shi4]; see 大同鄉\|大同乡[Da4 tong2 Xiang1]; see 大同區\|大同区[Da4 tong2 Qu1]; (Confu…
一同	yī tóng	together
同一	tóng yī	identical; the same
同理心	tóng lǐ xīn	empathy
同心	Tóng xīn	see 同心縣\|同心县[Tong2 xin1 Xian4]
同心	tóng xīn	to be of one mind; united; concentric
同性	tóng xìng	same nature; homosexual
方大同	Fāng Dà tóng	Khalil Fong (1983–2025), Hong Kong singer-songwriter
同化	tóng huà	assimilation (cultural, digestive, phonemic etc)

Sound family

These characters use 同 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
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
侗	tóng	big; ignorant, rude, rustic
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