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彤

tóng

Character

What 彤 means

1. red

Other readings

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

• Tóngsurname Tong

Words containing 彤

• 红彤彤hóng tōng tōngbright red

Characters that look like 彤

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

• 形xíngto appear; to look; form
• 刑xíngpunishment; penalty; sentence
• 邦bāng(bound form) country; nation; state
• 朋péngfriend
• 删shānto delete
• 郑zhèngused in 郑重

Sounds the same

Read tóng, tone for tone, but written differently.

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