童
child
12 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,063 U+7AE5
How 童 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A child standing 立 in the village 里
How to remember it
juvenile · Heisig RSH #450
立 standing up + computer
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 童 as their sound component
These characters all use 童 (tóng) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 童 sound component | tóng | child, boy; servant boy; virgin |
| 撞 | zhuàng | to bump into, to collide, to hit, to knock against |
| 潼 | tóng | high, lofty; a mountain pass |
| 瞳 | tóng | the pupil of the eye |
| 幢 | zhuàng | carriage curtain; sun screen; tent; measure word for buildings |
| 憧 | chōng | indecisive, irresolute; to yearn for |
| 艟 | chōng | ancient warship |
| 疃 | tuǎn | hamlet; area near a city |
Words containing 童
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 联合国儿童基金会 | Lián hé guó Ér tóng Jī jīn huì | United Nations Children's Fund; UNICEF |
| 儿童基金会 | Ér tóng Jī jīn huì | UNICEF (United Nations Children's fund) |
| 儿童权利公约 | ér tóng quán lì gōng yuē | Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) |
| 流动儿童 | liú dòng ér tóng | children of migrant workers |
| 国际儿童节 | Guó jì Ér tóng jié | International Children's Day (June 1) |
| 童花头 | tóng huā tóu | short bobbed hairstyle |
| 六一儿童节 | Liù Yī Ér tóng jié | Children's Day (June 1st), PRC national holiday for children under 14 |
| 格林童话 | Gé lín Tóng huà | Grimm's Fairy Tales |
| 金童玉女 | jīn tóng yù nǚ | lit. golden boys and jade maidens (idiom); attendants of the Daoist immortals; fig. lovely… |
| 童子军 | Tóng zǐ jūn | Scout (youth organization) |
| 童子军 | tóng zǐ jūn | child soldiers; juvenile militia |
| 儿童节 | Ér tóng jié | Children's Day |
| 童话故事 | tóng huà gù shì | fairy tale |
| 儿童乐园 | ér tóng lè yuán | children's play area |
| 童子 | tóng zǐ | (literary) boy |
| 学童 | xué tóng | schoolchild |
| 童心 | tóng xīn | childish heart; childish innocence |
| 童生 | tóng shēng | candidate who has not yet passed the county level imperial exam |
| 儿童 | ér tóng | child |
| 童儿 | tóng ér | boy |