仝

See also: 同 and 㒰

仝 U+4EDD, 仝 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4EDD ← 仜 [U+4EDC] CJK Unified Ideographs 仞 → [U+4EDE]

Translingual

Han character

仝 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+3, 5 strokes, cangjie input 人一 (OM) or 難人一 (XOM), four-corner 8010₁, composition ⿱人工)

Derived characters

• 𱎨, 𢘐, 𭩫, 𤱝, 砼, 𰽪, 𮎥, 𢀰, 𬾮, 𪝓, 𠳥, 𥳸, 𥳹

Descendants

• 々

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 93, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 378
• Dae Jaweon: page 196, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 111, character 2
• Unihan data for U+4EDD

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 仝
Small seal script s03781
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Characters in the same phonetic series (同) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
鮦	*duʔ, *doːŋ, *doŋʔ
侗	*tʰoːŋ, *tʰoːŋʔ, *doːŋ
恫	*tʰoːŋ, *doːŋs
痌	*tʰoːŋ
同	*doːŋ
仝	*zlon, *doːŋ
銅	*doːŋ
桐	*doːŋ
峒	*doːŋ, *doːŋs
硐	*doːŋ, *doːŋʔ
筒	*doːŋ, *doːŋs
洞	*doːŋ, *doːŋs
烔	*doːŋ
挏	*doːŋ, *doːŋʔ
酮	*doːŋ, *doːŋʔ
鲖
眮	*doːŋ, *doːŋʔ, *doːŋs
衕	*doːŋ, *doːŋs
哃	*doːŋ
絧	*doːŋ, *doːŋs
姛	*doːŋʔ
詷	*doːŋʔ, *doːŋs
胴	*doːŋs
駧	*doːŋs
迵	*doːŋs
戙	*doːŋs

人 + 工.

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		仝

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tóng (tong²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tung⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kāng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tóng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻung²
    • Yale: túng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: torng
    • Palladius: тун (tun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: tung⁴
    • Yale: tùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kāng
    • Tâi-lô: kāng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kang
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /kaŋ²²/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kaŋ⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /kaŋ²²/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /kaŋ³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /kaŋ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: duwng

Rime
Character	仝
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	東 (1)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	徒紅切
Baxter	duwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/duŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/duŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/duŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dəwŋ/
Li Rong	/duŋ/
Wang Li	/duŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱuŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tóng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tung4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*doːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	仝
Reading #	2/2
No.	12447
Phonetic component	同
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	同
Old Chinese	/*doːŋ/
Notes	古文同，出道書，說文同全

Definitions

仝

1. alternative form of 同 (tóng)
2. a surname

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		仝
alternative forms		同 共

From 共.

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kāng / kâng

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kāng
    • Tâi-lô: kāng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kang
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kaŋ³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /kaŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kâng
    • Tâi-lô: kâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kaang
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /kaŋ²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /kaŋ²⁴/

Definitions

仝

1. (Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) same

Synonyms

• 𫝛 (siāng)
• (Mandarin) 同 (tóng)

Compounds

• 仝款 (kāng-khoán)
• 無仝 / 无仝 (bô-kāng)
• 相仝 (sio-kāng)

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 仝 – see 童 (“child; young servant; servant boy; etc.”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 童).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

References

• “仝”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
• “(#)”, in 臺灣閩南語按呢寫‎^[1], Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2013.

Japanese

See also 同

Kanji

仝

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. same

Readings

• Go-on: ずう (zū)^{←づう (duu, historical)}
• Kan-on: とう (tō)
• Kan’yō-on: どう (dō)
• Kun: おなじ (onaji, 仝じ)

Usage notes

This kanji is a zokuji (俗字), a variant that is widespread but not orthodox. It is non-standard for 同.

Descendants

• 々

Korean

Hanja

仝 • (dong) (hangeul 동, revised dong, McCune–Reischauer tong)

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Vietnamese

Han character

仝: Hán Việt readings: đồng
仝: Nôm readings: đồng, giồng

1. chữ Hán form of đồng (“same, united (alt form of 同)”)
2. chữ Hán form of Đồng (“a surname”)
3. chữ Nôm form of giồng (“plant, sow, cultivate”)