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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.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

同 tóng
same, similar; together with, alike
radical 30 ⼝ · 6 strokes
源 yuán
spring; source, root, head; surname
radical 85 ⽔ · 13 strokes
词 cí
phrase, expression; words, speech
radical 149 ⾔ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 同源词.

WordPinyinMeaning
同时 (同時)tóng shíat the same time; simultaneously
不同bù tóngdifferent; distinct
共同gòng tóngcommon; joint
同样 (同樣)tóng yàngsame; equal; similar; similarly; also; too
同意tóng yìto agree; to consent
同志tóng zhìcomrade; (slang) homosexual
资源 (資源)zī yuánnatural resource (such as water or minerals); resource (such as manpower or tourism)
来源 (來源)lái yuánsource (of information etc); origin
歌词 (歌詞)gē císong 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.

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