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胴

dòng

Character

What 胴 means

1. large intestine
2. torso

Words starting with 胴

• 胴体dòng tǐcarcass; naked body

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
• 硐tónggrind
• 侗tóngignorant

Characters that look like 胴

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

• 胸xiōngchest; bosom; heart
• 狮shī(bound form) lion
• 悯mǐnto sympathize; to pity; to feel compassion for; (literary) to feel sorrow; to be grieved
• 绷bēngto draw tight; to stretch taut; to tack (with thread or pin); (bound form) embroidery hoop
• 眶kuàng(bound form) eye socket; Taiwan pr. kuāng
• 胭yānrouge

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
• 恫frighten
• 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