Chinese symbol for “unison”

同音

tóng yīn

(music) unison; (linguistics) homophonous; homonymic

The closest CC-CEDICT match for unison is 同音 (tóng yīn), defined as: (music) unison; (linguistics) homophonous; homonymic.

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Characters and stroke order

同 tóng

same, similar; together with, alike

radical 30 ⼝ · 6 strokes

音 yīn

sound, tone, pitch, pronunciation

radical 180 ⾳ · 9 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 同音.

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
音乐 (音樂)	yīn yuè	music; 张 (zhāng),曲 (qǔ),段 (duàn)
声音 (聲音)	shēng yīn	sound; voice

See also: Japanese symbol for “unison”.

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.