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彤 (tóng): Red — Stroke Order & Writing Guide

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Related Words: 彤

彤云 • tóng yún • red clouds

tóng彤

yún云

red clouds

彤管 • tóng guǎn • red-tube brush (ancient writing implement)

tóng彤

guǎn管

red-tube brush (ancient writing implement)

红彤彤 • hóng tōng tōng • bright red; glowing red

hóng红

tōng彤

tōng彤

bright red; glowing red

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Example Sentences

bàng傍

wǎn晚

，

tiān天

biān边

chū出

xiàn现

le了

měi美

lì丽

de的

tóng彤

yún云

。

In the evening, beautiful red clouds appeared on the horizon.

bó博

wù物

guǎn馆

lǐ里

chén陈

liè列

zhe着

gǔ古

dài

tā她

de的

liǎn脸

dàn蛋

bèi被

tài太

yáng阳

shài晒

dé

Information

Pinyintóng

Meaningred, vermilion; name of ancient

Strokes7

Radical彡

Traditional彤

StructureLeft-Right

Frequency#4075

Zhuyinㄊㄨㄥˊ

UnicodeU+5F64

CangjieBYHHH

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代

de的

tóng彤

guǎn管

。

Ancient red-tube brushes are displayed in the museum.

得

hóng红

tōng彤

tōng彤

de的

。

Her cheeks were glowing red from the sun.

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Characters pronounced "tong".

佟tónga name
瞳tóngpupil of eye
铜tóngcopper
通tōngto pass through; to connect; to be open
筒tǒngtube, cylinder, thick bamboo
桶tǒnga cylindrical container or vessel

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Characters with radical "彡".

彦yànelegant
彭péngname of ancient country; surname
彪biāotiger; tiger stripes; tiger-like
彰zhāngclear, evident, conspicuous
彬bīnrefined, having both appearance and substance
彩cǎicolor, variegated colors, brilliance

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