彤

tóng

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Definitions

tóng surname Tong

tóng red

Etymology

Depicts cinnabar (丹), representing the color red, being the most colorful and vibrant pattern (彡).

Semantic: 丹 Phonetic: 彡

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Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)

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Example Sentences Hide

太阳红彤彤的。

Tàiyáng hóng tóng tóng de.

The sun is bright red.

小彤喜欢红色。

Xiǎo Tóng xǐhuān hóngsè.

Xiao Tong likes the color red.

天边的彤云很美丽。

Tiānbiān de tóngyún hěn měilì.

The red clouds at the horizon are very beautiful.

彤彤穿了一件红衣服。

Tóngtóng chuānle yī jiàn hóng yīfú.

Tongtong is wearing a red dress.

夕阳下，湖水彤红。

Xīyáng xià, húshuǐ tónghóng.

Under the sunset, the lake water is red.

彤彤的房间里有很多红彤彤的苹果。

Tóngtóng de fángjiān li yǒu hěnduō hóng tóng tóng de píngguǒ.

In Tongtong's room, there are many bright red apples.

每当日出时，东方就会出现一片彤色。

Měi dāng rìchū shí, dōngfāng jiù huì chūxiàn yī piàn tóngsè.

Whenever the sun rises, a red color appears in the east.

彤彤精心挑选了彤红色的颜料来画画。

Tóngtóng jīngxīn tiāoxuǎnle tónghóngsè de yánliào lái huàhuà.

Tongtong carefully selected reddish paint to draw a picture.

Related Characters

Component: 丹

Component: 彡

Components

丹彡

彤