CHINESE CHARACTER

童 (tóng): Meaning, Words & Stroke Order

tóng

child, boy; servant boy; virgin

HSK 412 strokes

LEARNING CONNECTIONS

立

Primary radical

立 is the Unicode primary radical used to organise 童.

立 · 里

Visible components

童 is decomposed as ⿱立里.

STROKES · 12

Write 童 in 12 steps.

Each square adds one stroke in the standard writing order.

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Vocabulary with 童

儿童értóng

HSK 4 · child

童年tóngnián

HSK 4 · childhood

童话tónghuà

HSK 6 · children's fairy tales

Examples using 童

儿童

那个高个少年救了溺水儿童。

Nà ge gāo gè shào nián jiù le nì shuǐ ér tóng。

That tall boy saved the drowning child.

童年

我的童年很快乐。

Wǒ de tóng nián hěn kuài lè。

I had a happy childhood.

FAQ

What does 童 (tóng) mean in Chinese?

child, boy; servant boy; virgin

How do you write 童 in stroke order?

童 has 12 strokes. Follow the animated stroke-order sequence above, then practise it on the writing page.

What is the radical of 童?

立 is the radical in 童. It can provide a meaning-side clue.

What are common words with 童?

儿童 (értóng): child; 童年 (tóngnián): childhood; 童话 (tónghuà): children's fairy tales.