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硐

tóng

Character

What 硐 means

1. grind

Other readings

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

• dòngvariant of {洞|dòng}; cave; pit

Words starting with 硐

• 硐室dòng shìchamber (mining)

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
• 侗tóngignorant

Characters that look like 硐

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

• 确quèauthenticated; solid; firm
• 飓jùused in 飓风
• 砸záto smash; to pound; to fail
• 硒xīselenium (chemistry)
• 辋wǎngtire; wheel band
• 砥dǐbaffle (pier); whetstone

Sounds the same

Read tóng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 同like; same; similar
• 童child
• 铜copper (chemistry); see also 红铜
• 彤red
• 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
• 侗ignorant