童
Meanings
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- 1.surname Tong
- 1.child
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Wiktionary
- 1.child
- 2.young servant; servant boy
- 3.shaman
- 4.virgin
- 5.bald; bare; exposed
- 6.a surname
- 7.12th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "youthfulness" (𝌑)
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Etymology
In oracle bone inscriptions, ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 䇂 (“chisel”) + 見 (“kneeling person with a huge eye”). It depicts a person getting their eye (目) gouged out, a common punishment for slaves in ancient China. Compare 民, 臧. In bronze inscriptions, the phonetic component 東 (OC *toːŋ) was added, making the character phono-semantic (形聲 /形声). In the modern form 䇂 has corrupted into 立. The bottom 里 derives from 東 combining with 土, similar to 重. ; “child; servant boy; virgin; bare” ; “shaman”
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Stroke order
Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
Example sentences
她善於處理兒童。
She's good at handling children.
那本小說不適合兒童。
That novel isn't for children.
這是本對兒童有益的書。
This is a good book for children to read.
你最喜歡的兒童歌曲是哪首？
What's your favorite nursery rhyme?
這張書桌是專門為兒童設計的。
This desk is designed for children.
許多電視節目對兒童有不良的影響。
Many TV programs have a bad influence on children.
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Derived terms
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