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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- tong3
- English meanings
- bucket, (trash) can, barrel (of oil etc), CL:個|个[ge4],隻|只[zhi1]
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Left–right structure
Left–right arrangement: left 木; right 甬.
Meaning & sound clues
木 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “wood”.
甬 is identified as the sound component (yǒng). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 桶.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
same
to stab
ache
child; young
tube
system; unite; whole
system; unite; total
measure word (events)
Cu
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Related words
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- 马桶