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峒

dòng

Character

What 峒 means

1. cave
2. cavern

Other readings

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

• tóngname of a mountain
• tóngvariant of {峒|tóng}

Words starting with 峒

• 峒室dòng shìunderground mine storage room; mine passage
• 峒人Dòng rénvariant of 侗人
• 峒剧Dòng jùvariant of 侗剧

Words containing 峒

• 崆峒区Kōng tóng QūKongtong, a district of Pingliang City 平凉市
• 崆峒Kōng tóngsee 崆峒区

Characters built on 同

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

• 洞dòngcave; hole; zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers)
• 铜tóngcopper (chemistry); see also 红铜
• 筒tǒngtube; cylinder; to encase in sth cylindrical (such as hands in sleeves etc)
• 酮tóngketone
• 桐tóngtree name (variously Paulownia, Firmiana or Aleurites)
• 恫dòngfrighten
• 胴dònglarge intestine; torso
• 硐tónggrind

Sounds the same

Read dòng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 动(of sth) to move; to set in movement; to displace
• 洞cave; hole; zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers)
• 冻to freeze; to feel very cold; aspic or jelly
• 栋classifier for houses or buildings; ridgepole (old)
• 恫frighten
• 胴large intestine; torso
• 丼(Taiwan) bowl of steamed rice with other food on top (loanword from Japanese "donburi")
• 垌field; farm; used in place names
• 湩milk; sound of a drum
• 侗Dong ethnic group
• 胨see 蛋白胨
• 硐variant of 洞; cave; pit