铜 — Chinese character
铜
tóng
copper, bronze
- Pinyin
- tóng
- Radical
- 167 ⾦ (Gold)
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- 钅 同
- Formation
- pictophonetic — metal; meaning component 钅; sound component 同
- Traditional
- 銅
Common words with 铜
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 铜牌 (銅牌) | tóng pái | bronze medal; bronze plaque bearing a business name or logo etc |
| 青铜 (青銅) | qīng tóng | bronze (alloy of copper 銅|铜 and tin 锡 (xī)) |
| 铜像 (銅像) | tóng xiàng | bronze statue; measure word: 尊 (zūn), 座 (zuò) |
| 青铜器 (青銅器) | qīng tóng qì | bronze implement; refers to ancient bronze artifacts, from c. 2,000 BC |
| 铜矿 (銅礦) | tóng kuàng | copper mine; copper ore |
| 铜钱 (銅錢) | tóng qián | copper coin (round with a square hole in the middle, used in former times in China) |
| 黄铜 (黃銅) | huáng tóng | brass (alloy of copper 铜 (tóng) and zinc 锌 (xīn)) |
| 铜板 (銅板) | tóng bǎn | copper coin; copper plate |
| 铜鼓 (銅鼓) | tóng gǔ | bronze drum; (Western-style) drum |
| 铜器 (銅器) | tóng qì | copper ware; bronze ware |
| 铜墙铁壁 (銅牆鐵壁) | tóng qiáng tiě bì | copper wall, iron bastion (idiom); impenetrable defense |
| 铜锣 (銅鑼) | tóng luó | gong |
English words written with 铜
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.