偕同 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

xiétóng

along with

xié, jiē together

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 皆 represents the sound.

Components

亻 Meaning component

rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

皆 Sound component

jiē all

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	kɛj	kˤrij	together
Zhengzhang		kriːl

說文解字

彊也。从人皆聲。《詩》曰：“偕偕士子。”一曰俱也。

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

tóng, tong, tòng together

Depicts a large object (凡) like a shoulder carriage that requires the cooperation of multiple people working together to carry.

Components

凡 Iconic component

fán all

Depicts a large object like a shoulder carriage.

口 Meaning component

kǒu, kou mouth

Alludes to people speaking together to communicate.

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	duwng	lˤoŋ	together, join

說文解字

《說文》：“同，合會也。从，从口。”

Sources

Character origin: 季旭昇《說文新證》p.614
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

偕 xié, jiē together

Components

Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

Sources

同 tóng, tong, tòng together

Components

Character Evolution

Component uses

Sound (2 of 14 verified)

Iconic (2)

Simplified (1)

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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xié, jiē together

tóng, tong, tòng together