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僮

tóng

Character

What 僮 means

1. servant boy

Other readings

僮 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Zhuàngold variant of 壮, Zhuang ethnic group of Guangxi

Words starting with 僮

• 僮仆tóng púboy servant
• 僮族Zhuàng zúold term for 壮族, Zhuang ethnic group of Guangxi

Words containing 僮

• 家僮jiā tóngservant

Characters built on 童

These share the phonetic component 童 (tóng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 瞳tóngpupil of the eye
• 憧chōngused in 憧憬; used in 憧憧
• 潼tónghigh; name of a pass

Characters that look like 僮

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 慢mànslow
• 懂dǒngto understand; to comprehend
• 僵jiāngrigid; deadlock; stiff (corpse)
• 憧chōngused in 憧憬; used in 憧憧
• 潦liáoused in 潦草; used in 潦倒
• 愫sùguileless; sincere

Sounds the same

Read tóng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 同like; same; similar
• 童child
• 铜copper (chemistry); see also 红铜
• 彤red
• 桐tree name (variously Paulownia, Firmiana or Aleurites)
• 瞳pupil of the eye
• 洞used in 洪洞
• 酮ketone
• 潼high; name of a pass
• 峒name of a mountain
• 硐grind
• 侗ignorant