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Chinese symbol for “identical”

相同
xiāng tóng
identical; same

The closest CC-CEDICT match for identical is 相同 (xiāng tóng), defined as: identical; same.

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Characters and stroke order

相 xiāng
mutual, reciprocal; equal; each other
radical 109 ⽬ · 9 strokes
同 tóng
same, similar; together with, alike
radical 30 ⼝ · 6 strokes

Other Chinese words for “identical”

WordPinyinMeaning
同一tóng yīidentical; the same
一律yī lǜsame; identical; uniformly; all; without exception
一模一样 (一模一樣)yī mú yī yàng(idiom) exactly alike; identical; also pr. [yi1mo2-yi1yang4]
同卵tóng luǎn(of twins) identical; monozygotic
齐 (齊)qíneat; even

Related words

Other words that share a character with 相同.

WordPinyinMeaning
相关 (相關)xiāng guānrelated; relevant
相信xiāng xìnto believe; to be convinced; to accept as true
相当 (相當)xiāng dāngequivalent to; appropriate
相对 (相對)xiāng duìrelatively; opposite
互相hù xiāngeach other; mutually
同时 (同時)tóng shíat the same time; simultaneously
不同bù tóngdifferent; distinct
共同gòng tóngcommon; joint

See also: Japanese symbol for “identical”.

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.