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童
Tóng
1. surname Tong
Very Common • Top 2% ✏️ 12 strokes Noun

Character Breakdown (Single character)

童
tóng
child, boy; servant boy; virgin
HSK 4 12 丶

Compound Words (20)

乩童
jītóng
child medium
仙童
xiāntóng
elf
儿童
értóng
child
HSK 4
报童
bàotóng
paperboy
女童
nǚtóng
small girl
娈童
luántóng
catamite (boy as homosexual partner)
孩童
háitóng
child
学童
xuétóng
schoolboy
家童
jiātóng
servant
幼童
yòutóng
young child
文童
wéntóng
a person studying for the imperial examinations
梓童
zǐtóng
appellation of the empress by the emperor
河童
Hétóng
Kappa, a child-size humanoid water creature in Japanese folklore
牧童
mùtóng
shepherd boy
球童
qiútóng
ball boy (tennis)
男童
nántóng
boy
神童
shéntóng
child prodigy
童乩
tóngjī
medium who communicates with the dead (Daoism)
童便
tóngbiàn
urine of boys under 12, used as medicine (TCM)
童儿
tóngér
boy

Alternate Entries

童
tóng
child

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
1,228
Word Frequency Rank
1,763 of 84,292

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