The Chinese Radical: 同


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Meaning
same, like    同

Explanation

Used in these characters:
HSK 1
same, like, similar, alike, together with
tóng
A container upside down: 冂, one 一 and an opening 口
All containers only have one opening, and that is: the same.  
HSK 5
cave, hole, cavity, cavern, empty
dòng
Left: water 氵, right: same 同 (Here: see 同 as view into a mining tunnel ロ with beams 一 supporting the walls and ceiling)
A wet mining tunnel is a cave.  
HSK 6
copper (chemistry)
tóng
Left: metal 钅/金, right: the same 同 (All container 冂 have only one 一 opening 口 and it is the same)
(Metals differ, but no other is red.) The [red] metal that is always the same is: copper.  
HSK 6
tube, cylinder
tǒng
Top: bamboo 竹, below: same, similar 同 (All container 冂 have only one 一 opening 口 and it is the same, similar)
Bamboo is the similar to a tube.  
no HSK
Chinese wood-oil tree (Aleurites cordata)
tóng
Left: tree 木, right: the same 同 (All container 冂 have only one 一 opening 口 and it is the same.)
These trees look alike: the wood-oil trees.  
no HSK
ketone (chemistry)
tóng
Left: wine jar/alcohol 酉, right: the same 同 (All container 冂 have only one 一 opening 口 and it is the same.)
(They are obtained by oxidation of alcohol) The alcohol can be the same when it becomes ketones.  

Radicals are shown here that are similar either in appearance or meaning.

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