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same, like 同
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Used in these characters:
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同
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| same, like, similar, alike, together with
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A container upside down: 冂, one 一 and an opening 口
All containers only have one opening, and that is: the same.
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洞
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| cave, hole, cavity, cavern, empty
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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.
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铜
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| copper (chemistry)
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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.
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筒
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| tube, cylinder
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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 same as a tube.
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桐
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JLPT no HSK |
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| Chinese wood-oil tree (Aleurites cordata)
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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.
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酮
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JLPT no HSK |
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| ketone (chemistry)
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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.
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| Radicals are shown here that are similar either in appearance or meaning. |  |
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List of the characters |
List of the radicals
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