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童 tóng child

How to remember 童: 立 stand + 里 in = child. Everyone has to stand in a line for the school photo, and the one who keeps dancing is, of course, the smallest child.

  • 1,229. most frequent character
  • HSK 4
  • 12 strokes
  • Radical 立

Component breakdown

童 = 立 stand + 里 in

  • 立 stand
  • 里 in
    • 日 sun
    • 土 earth
The Gushi story

Everyone has to stand in a line for the school photo, and the one who keeps dancing is, of course, the smallest child.

How it came to be

The branding needle, the spicy block, over an eye and a figure. It was a slave, somebody marked and owned, and the word moved from house slave to servant boy to any child.

How it is used

  • Bound; child (in a bookish/formal register). 儿童 (értóng) children - 儿童节 (értóngjié) Children's Day.
  • 儿童 (értóng) is the formal/official word for kids (signage, laws); everyday spoken is 孩子 (háizi) or 小孩 (xiǎohái).
  • 童年 (tóngnián) childhood, 童话 (tónghuà) fairy tale.

Characters built with 童

Words with 童

Example sentences

  • 那里是儿童乐园。 Nàli shì értóng lèyuán.That's a playground over there.