同
like / same / similar / together / alike / with
see 衚衕|胡同[hu2 tong4]
同 character breakdown
radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 13), occurring in 用[yong4], 同[tong2], 網|网[wang3] etc, referred to as 同字框[tong2 zi4 kuang4]
冂
=
丨
+
㇆
:
Mnemonic symbol from the shape of the character: kind of looks like a map.
Zeus (ju) found a secret map (冂) that tells the location of a golden dinosaur bone (丨) in front of the engine ((e)ng1), so he took a plow (㇆) and dug up everything. He actually found a couple of dinosaur bones, but not a golden one.
Zeus (ju) found a secret map (冂) that tells the location of a golden dinosaur bone (丨) in front of the engine ((e)ng1), so he took a plow (㇆) and dug up everything. He actually found a couple of dinosaur bones, but not a golden one.
Characters with 同 as component
tube / cylinder / to encase in sth cylindrical (such as hands in sleeves etc)
variant of 筒[tong3]
cave / hole / zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers) / CL:個|个[ge4]
feeling or desire to do sth / interest in sth / excitement
兴
=
⺍
+
一
+
八
:
Mnemonic symbol from the shape of the character: a sea star. Xi shi (xi) and a sea star (⺍) have a strong desire (兴) to smoke catnip (⺍) through a flute (一), so they hide in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4) to crush the catnip with an eight-ball (八) and smoke it. Shortly afterwards they relax and loose all their excitement (兴) and interest in anything (兴).
to rise / to flourish / to become popular / to start / to encourage / to get up / (often used in the negative) to permit or allow (dialect) / maybe (dialect)
copper (chemistry) / see also 紅銅|红铜[hong2 tong2] / CL:塊|块[kuai4]
tree name (variously Paulownia, Firmiana or Aleurites)
Dong ethnic group (aka Kam people)
ignorant
Words with 同
to treat everyone equally favorably (idiom); not to discriminate between people
lit. not a common chord (idiom); outstanding / brilliant / out of the common run
lit. mustn't speak of two things on the same day (idiom); not to be mentioned in the same breath / incomparable
to agree by chance (idiom); taking the same action without prior consultation
three horses at the same trough (idiom, alluding to Sima Yi 司馬懿|司马懿[Si1 ma3 Yi4] and his two sons); conspirators under the same roof