U+540C "同" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
同
U+540C "同" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "same," "together," or "alike." It is a frequently used character in both modern and classical Chinese, appearing in words such as "tóngyì" for "agree" and "tóngshí" for "simultaneously." The character's structure combines the radical for "mouth" (口) with a simplified enclosure, symbolizing unity or consensus. Historically, it has been employed in philosophical texts to emphasize harmony and shared qualities, and it remains a core component in the writing systems of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean languages.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+540C |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 同 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 同 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0x90 0x8C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x540C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000540C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u540c |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | A650 |
| kCCCII | 213543 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-4751 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-4751 |
| kCangjie | BMR |
| kCantonese | tung4 |
| kCihaiT | 252.101 |
| kCowles | 4459 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0389.060 |
| kDefinition | same, similar; together with |
| kEACC | 213543 |
| kFanqie | 徒紅 |
| kFenn | 580A |
| kFennIndex | 581.01 |
| kFourCornerCode | 7722.0 |
| kGB0 | 4512 |
| kGB1 | 4512 |
| kGradeLevel | 1 |
| kGSR | 1176a |
| kHangul | 동:0E |
| kHanYu | 10578.010 |
| kHanyuPinlu | tóng(4634) tong(34) tòng(17) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10578.010:tóng,tòng |
| kHKGlyph | 0498 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0389.060 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10578.010 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0175.060 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-4D2C |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-A650 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-4631 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-D6D1 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-5452 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-4751 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-4E48 |
| kJapanese | ドウ トウ ズ おなじ ともに |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:427 |
| kJapaneseKun | ONAJI TOMONI TOMONISURU |
| kJapaneseOn | DOU TOU |
| kJis0 | 3817 |
| kKangXi | 0175.060 |
| kKorean | TONG |
| kLau | 3136 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 0681 |
| kMandarin | tóng |
| kMatthews | 6615 |
| kMeyerWempe | 3610 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ008067 |
| kMorohashi | 03294 |
| kNelson | 0619 |
| kPhonetic | 1407 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+3209+13.2.4 C+3209+30.3.3 |
| kRSUnicode | 30.3 |
| kSBGY | 023.14 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+4EDD<kLau,kMatthews,kMeyerWempe |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "同" U+540C CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 90.06 50.07 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | tóng粵tung4 tòng粵tung4 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 0681 |
| kTang | *dhung |
| kTGHZ2013 | 369.040:tóng 370.190:tòng |
| kTotalStrokes | 6 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "同" U+540C CJK Unified Ideograph-# "衕" U+8855 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | đồng |
| kXerox | 241:170 |
| kXHC1983 | 1151.060:tóng 1155.060:tòng |