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恫

dòng

Character

What 恫 means

1. frighten

Words starting with 恫

• 恫吓dòng hèto intimidate; to threaten

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)
• 胴dònglarge intestine; torso
• 硐tónggrind
• 侗tóngignorant

Characters that look like 恫

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

• 拥yōngto hold in one's arms; to embrace; to surround; to gather around; to throng; to swarm
• 钢gāngsteel
• 俩liǎtwo (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some
• 悯mǐnto sympathize; to pity; to feel compassion for; (literary) to feel sorrow; to be grieved
• 拇mǔthumb; big toe
• 胴dònglarge intestine; torso

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)
• 峒cave; cavern
• 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