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恸

tòng

Character Traditional 慟

What 恸 means

1. grief

Words containing 恸

• 悲恸bēi tòngmournful
• 哀恸āi tòngto be deeply grieved

Characters that look like 恸

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

• 账zhàngaccount; bill; debt
• 畅chàngfree; unimpeded; smooth
• 牺xīsacrifice
• 栅zhàfence; also pr. shān
• 拗ào(bound form) intractable; contrary; disobedient
• 坳àodepression; cavity; hollow; Taiwan pr. āo

Sounds the same

Read tòng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 痛ache; pain; sorrow
• 同used in 胡同
• 通classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety…

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