童

tóng

child

surname Tong

standing (立) + village (里) = a child growing up

A child is one still rooted in the village (里), just standing up (立) and finding their place in the world. The image is of a young person not yet fully grown into adult responsibilities.

立+里→童
立Standing uprightSemantic
里VillageSemantic

这个童年的记忆让我很开心。

zhè ge tóngnián de jìyì ràng wǒ hěn kāixīn.

This childhood memory makes me very happy.

村里的儿童每天都在河边玩耍。

cūn lǐ de értóng měi tiān dōu zài hé biān wánshuǎ.

The children in the village play by the river every day.

Words with 童

童女

tóng nǚ

virgin female

金童玉女

jīn tóng yù nǚ

lit. golden boys and jade maidens (idiom)

儿童乐园

ér tóng lè yuán

children's play area

学童

xué tóng

schoolchild

童趣

tóng qù

qualities that delight children (e.g. bold colors in a picture, anthropomorphized characters in a TV show, the physical challenge of playground equipment)

报童

bào tóng

paperboy

梓童

zǐ tóng

(often used in traditional novels) term used by an emperor to address the empress

童儿

tóng ér

boy

门童

mén tóng

doorman

乩童

jī tóng

(Daoism) a spirit medium, often a young person, believed to be possessed by a deity during rituals, acting as an intermediary for communication between the spirit world and humans

仙童

xiān tóng

elf

儿童

ér tóng

child

More characters with 立

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