同 (tóng)
same/together/with
How 同 is written
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 冂 — upside down box
- Traditional
- 同
- Simplified
- 同 (unchanged)
同 has 2 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- tóng
- like; same; similar; together
- tòng
- see 衚衕|胡同[hu2 tong4]
Common words using 同
- 不同 bùtóng
- different; distinct; not the same
- 共同 gòngtóng
- common; joint; jointly
- 同事 tóngshì
- colleague; co-worker; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- 同學 tóngxué
- to study at the same school; fellow student; classmate
- 同時 tóngshí
- at the same time; simultaneously
- 同樣 tóngyàng
- same; equal; equivalent
- 一同 yītóng
- along; together
- 共同點 gòngtóngdiǎn
- common ground
- 合同 hétong
- (business) contract; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 同仁 tóngrén
- Tongren county in Huangnan Tibetan autonomous prefecture 黃南藏族自治州|黄南藏族自治州[Huang2 nan2 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Qinghai
- 同伴 tóngbàn
- companion; comrade; fellow
- 同居 tóngjū
- to live together
同 in a sentence
我們在同一家公司工作。
Wǒmen zài tóng yì jiā gōngsī gōngzuò.
“We work at the same company.”
How common is 同?
同 is the 69th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 35.3% of all running text.
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