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氡

dōng

Character

What 氡 means

1. radon (chemistry)

Characters built on 冬

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

• 终zhōngend; finish
• 咚dōng(onomatopoeia) boom (of a drum); knock (on the door)
• 佟Tóngsurname Tong
• 柊zhōngused in 柊叶
• 螽zhōng(grasshopper); Gompsocleis mikado

Characters that look like 氡

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

• 氧yǎngoxygen (chemistry)
• 氛fēnmiasma; vapor
• 氟fúfluorine (chemistry)
• 氨ānammonia
• 氦hàihelium (chemistry)
• 氩yàargon (chemistry)

Sounds the same

Read dōng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 东east; host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest); landlord
• 冬winter
• 咚(onomatopoeia) boom (of a drum); knock (on the door)
• 鸫thrush (bird of genus Turdus)
• 崠name of a mountain
• 涷rainstorm
• 岽place name in Guangxi province
• 𬟽used in 䗖𬟽dì dōng