Chinese symbol for “cognate”
同源词
tóng yuán cí
Traditional: 同源詞
cognate; words having a common origin
The closest CC-CEDICT match for cognate is 同源词 (tóng yuán cí), defined as: cognate; words having a common origin.
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Characters and stroke order
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Related words
Other words that share a character with 同源词.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 同时 (同時) | tóng shí | at the same time; simultaneously |
| 不同 | bù tóng | different; distinct |
| 共同 | gòng tóng | common; joint |
| 同样 (同樣) | tóng yàng | same; equal; similar; similarly; also; too |
| 同意 | tóng yì | to agree; to consent |
| 同志 | tóng zhì | comrade; (slang) homosexual |
| 资源 (資源) | zī yuán | natural resource (such as water or minerals); resource (such as manpower or tourism) |
| 来源 (來源) | lái yuán | source (of information etc); origin |
| 歌词 (歌詞) | gē cí | song lyric; lyrics |
See also: Japanese symbol for “cognate”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.