漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
瞳: pupil (of eye)
JLPT N117 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
目 carries the meaning · 童 is drawn in
17 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
ドウdou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 瞳孔どうこうpupil (of the eye)
- 瞳子どうしpupil (of the eye)
ひとみhitomi · kun'yomi · on its own
- 瞳ひとみpupil (of the eye)
Also read トウ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“See the world through this upright window! This is an eye standing tall.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
童
Also built on juvenile (童)
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side瞳 pupil (of eye) · 目
vs憧 yearn after · 忄In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · tóng
Same form: 瞳 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 瞳 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 瞳 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin tóng most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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