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CHINESE CHARACTER

tǒng

捅

捅

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to stab

Numbered pinyin
tong3
English meanings
to stab, to poke, to prod, to nudge, to disclose

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Left–right structure

Left–right arrangement: left 扌; right 甬.

  • Left

    扌
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  • Right

    甬

Meaning & sound clues

扌 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “hand”.

甬 is identified as the sound component (yǒng). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 捅.

This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿰扌甬

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    tǒng捅pò破chuānghu窗户zhǐ纸。

    Poke through the paper.

  2. 02

    bǎ把huà话shuō说kāi开。

    Open up the talk.

  3. 03

    tǎnchéng坦诚gōutōng沟通。

    Frank communication.

  4. 04

    xiāochú消除wùhuì误会。

    Clear misunderstandings.

  5. 05

    guānxi关系róngqià融洽。

    Harmonious.

  6. 06

    jiē皆dà大huān欢xǐ喜。

    All pleased.

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