童

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child

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Formation & memory

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

A child standing 立 in the village 里

Components 立里

juvenile · Heisig RSH #450

立 standing up + computer

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
联合国儿童基金会	Lián hé guó Ér tóng Jī jīn huì	United Nations Children's Fund; UNICEF
儿童基金会	Ér tóng Jī jīn huì	UNICEF (United Nations Children's fund)
儿童权利公约	ér tóng quán lì gōng yuē	Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
流动儿童	liú dòng ér tóng	children of migrant workers
国际儿童节	Guó jì Ér tóng jié	International Children's Day (June 1)
童花头	tóng huā tóu	short bobbed hairstyle
六一儿童节	Liù Yī Ér tóng jié	Children's Day (June 1st), PRC national holiday for children under 14
格林童话	Gé lín Tóng huà	Grimm's Fairy Tales
金童玉女	jīn tóng yù nǚ	lit. golden boys and jade maidens (idiom); attendants of the Daoist immortals; fig. lovely…
童子军	Tóng zǐ jūn	Scout (youth organization)
童子军	tóng zǐ jūn	child soldiers; juvenile militia
儿童节	Ér tóng jié	Children's Day
童话故事	tóng huà gù shì	fairy tale
儿童乐园	ér tóng lè yuán	children's play area
童子	tóng zǐ	(literary) boy
学童	xué tóng	schoolchild
童心	tóng xīn	childish heart; childish innocence
童生	tóng shēng	candidate who has not yet passed the county level imperial exam
儿童	ér tóng	child
童儿	tóng ér	boy

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

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
童 sound part	tóng	child, boy; servant boy; virgin
撞	zhuàng	to bump into, to collide, to hit, to knock against
潼	tóng	high, lofty; a mountain pass
瞳	tóng	the pupil of the eye
幢	zhuàng	carriage curtain; sun screen; tent; measure word for buildings
憧	chōng	indecisive, irresolute; to yearn for
艟	chōng	ancient warship
疃	tuǎn	hamlet; area near a city