漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement
童: juvenile, child
JLPT N212 strokesGrade 3Your ink: 白 Not met
立 carries the meaning · 里 gives the sound
12 strokes
Oracle bone · Shang Today
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Two readings, and the words that use each
ドウdou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 童話どうわfairy-tale
- 童心どうしんchild's mind, naïveté
- 童顔どうがんbaby-faced
- 童謡どうようchildren's song, nursery rhyme
- 児童じどうchildren, juveniles
- 神童しんどうprodigy, wonder child
わらべwarabe · kun'yomi · on its own
- 童わらべchild
- 童歌わらべうたchildren's song
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Rise and stand! Imagine a person standing tall and proud, rooted to the earth with purpose.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side童 juvenile · 立
vs裏 back · 衣In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · tóng
Same form: 童 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 童 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 童 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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