The word "倥侗" is formed by combining two characters, each with the person radical (亻) to suggest association with human states. 倥 uses the component 空 primarily for its phonetic value, indicating the sound "kong", while 侗 uses 同 primarily for its phonetic value, indicating the sound "tong", together creating a disyllabic word where the radicals loosely imply meaning related to human condition and the phonetic components approximate pronunciation, yielding the term meaning ignorant or uncultured.