冬

winter

5 strokes Dict coverage rank #1,073 U+51AC

Ideographic compound (会意字)

A man walking 夂 on ice ⺀

components: 夂⺀

winter · Heisig RSH #435

walking legs + ice

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Characters built with 冬 as their sound component

These characters all use 冬 (dōng) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
冬 sound component	dōng	winter, 11th lunar month
终	zhōng	end; finally, in the end
疼	téng	ache, pain; to love dearly
咚	dōng	onomatopoetic, a thumping sound
螽	zhōng	katydid
佟	tóng	surname
氡	dōng	radon

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
天门冬科	tiān mén dōng kē	Asparagaceae, family of flowering plants which includes asparagus
冬不拉	dōng bù lā	Dombra or Tambura, Kazakh plucked lute
春生，夏长，秋收，冬藏	chūn shēng , xià zhǎng , qiū shōu , dōng cáng	sow in spring, develop in summer, harvest in autumn, store in winter (idiom)
天门冬	tiān mén dōng	asparagus
亚冬会	Yà dōng huì	Asian Winter Games
冬字头	dōng zì tóu	name of "walk slowly" component 夂[zhi3] in Chinese characters
南飞过冬	nán fēi guò dōng	(of birds) to migrate south for the winter
冬运会	dōng yùn huì	winter games
核冬天	hé dōng tiān	nuclear winter
无冬无夏	wú dōng wú xià	regardless of the season; all the year round
乌冬面	wū dōng miàn	udon noodles
冬天	dōng tiān	winter
冬病夏治	dōng bìng xià zhì	to treat winter diseases in the summer (TCM)
冬青树	dōng qīng shù	holly
冬奥会	Dōng Ào huì	Winter Olympics
门冬	mén dōng	abbr. for 天門冬\|天门冬[tian1 men2 dong1], asparagus
冬日	dōng rì	wintertime
冬令时	dōng lìng shí	standard time (as opposed to daylight saving time 夏令時\|夏令时[xia4 ling4 shi2])
各拉丹冬山	Gè lā dān dōng Shān	Mount Geladaindong or Geladandong in Qinghai (6621 m), the main peak of the Tanggula mount…
波塞冬	Bō sài dōng	Poseidon, god of the sea in Greek mythology