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同

Same
Stroke count: 6

Readings

On readingドウ
Kun readingおな.じ
JLPT level: N4JōyōGrade 2Level 5

Verbs with «同»

同意する同居する賛同する同行する混同する共同する同封する同調する

Meanings

  1. sameRtK
    彼は父親と同じやり方で仕事をした。He did business in the same manner as his father did.tatoeba
    義兄の千道安とは同い年にあたる。His brother-in-law SEN no Doan was same age as he.wiki
  2. agree
  3. equal
  1. the same
  2. the said
  3. likewise

Homonyms

ⓘ
Same reading (どう)
銅 · copper (Cu)動 · motion堂 · temple胴 · trunk

Popular Usage

同じ共同合同一同同い年

Radicals and components

Radical口mouth囗variant
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

ⓘ

monks · hood (冂) · one (一) · mouth (口)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 192

Compound words

同じおなじ
same; identical; equal; alike; equivalent
共同きょうどう
cooperation; collaboration; association; partnership; (acting in) unison
合同ごうどう
combination; union; joining; incorporation; amalgamation
同輩どうはい
fellows; comrade; colleague; one's equal
敵同士かたきどうし
mutual enemies
同居するどうきょする
to liv
一同いちどう
all present; all concerned; all of us
混同こんどう
confusion; mixing; merger
賛同さんどう
approval; endorsement
同意どうい
agreement; consent; approval; assent; same opinion
同一どういつ
identical; same; one and the same; equal; fair
同音どうおん
homophony; same pronunciation; same sound; unison; same pitch
同化どうか
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism
同感どうかん
same feeling; same sentiment; same opinion; sympathy; agreement
同期どうき
same period; corresponding period; same year (of graduation, entering a company, etc.); contemporary; classmate
同級どうきゅう
the same grade; same class
同居どうきょ
living together; coexistence
同郷どうきょう
(being from the) same town (province, birthplace, etc.)
同業どうぎょう
same trade; same business; same profession
同局どうきょく
the said bureau (office, department, broadcasting station, channel, etc.); same bureau (office, department, broadcasting station, channel, etc.)
同月どうげつ
the same month
同県どうけん
the same prefecture; the said prefecture
同好どうこう
similar tastes
同校どうこう
the same school; the said school

On Reading Examples

彼は私にパーティーに同行してはどうかと言った。どうこう
He suggested that I accompany him to the party.tatoeba
私はあなたと同行しましょう。どうこう
I will accompany you.tatoeba
私たちは彼が当然、私たちに同行すると思っていた。どうこう
We took it for granted that he would come with us.tatoeba

Kun Reading Examples

スージーは日本語を話せません。トムも同じです。おなじ
Susie doesn't speak Japanese, and Tom doesn't either.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は母親と同様ピアノが上手だった。
He was as good a pianist as his mother.tatoeba
彼は母のいない子も同然だった。
He was no better than a motherless child.tatoeba
彼は文無しも同然だ。
He is no better than a beggar.tatoeba
同い年と言うことから、義弟である千少庵との対比で語られることが多い。
When he is mentioned, he is often compared with his younger brother-in-law, Shoan SEN, because they were the same age.wiki

Stroke Order

6 strokes

Same. 冂 (frame) + 一 + 口 (mouth) — everyone under one roof saying the same thing.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 同

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