同
부수: 口
획수: 6획
同 has the meanings ‘work together’, ‘together’ and ‘same’.
同 = 
+ 口
X = semantic + semantic
• 
is a variant of 凡 and depicts a large wooden frame used to carry people. See the historical forms.
• 口 depicts a mouth and this is suggested to represent individuals working together to carry the heavy frame.
Evolution:
同 = ’to work together’ ➔ ’together’ ➔ ’same’
Mnemonic
Although this is fictitious, imagine 同 represents a top-down view of an injured person’s head 口 as they lay a pillow 一, on a stretcher bed 冂. The paramedics count to three and lift at the exact same time to avoid spinal injuries.
Vocab
| 共同 | 공동 | association; collaboration |
| 同盟 | 동맹 | alliance |
| 合同 | 합동 | union; congruence |
| 同志 | 동지 | comrade |
| 同窓 | 동창 | alumnus; classmate |
| 同棲 | 동서 | brother/sister-in-law |
| 同參 | 동참 | participation |
| 同情 | 동정 | sympathy; compassion |
| 同議 | 동의 | agreement |
| 同時 | 동시 | at the same time |
| 同等 | 동등 | equality |
| 同化 | 동화 | assimilation |
| 同生 | 동생 | younger sibling |
| 同胞 | 동포 | compatriot; overseas Koreans |
| 同義語/同意語 | 동의어 | synonym |
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Bibliography
Affiliate links help support uK.
— Grant, B.K. (1982). A Guide To Korean Characters: Reading and Writing Hangul and Hanja, [s.v. 223]. Seoul: Hollym.
— Henshall, K.G. (1998). A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters, [s.v. 187]. Singapore: Tuttle Publishing.
— Outlier Dictionary of Chinese Characters, [s.v. 同, 口].
— Seely, C., Henshall, K.G., & Fan, J. (2016). The Complete Guide to Japanese Kanji: Remembering and Understanding the 2,136 Standard Japanese Characters, [s.v. 204]. Singapore: Tuttle Publishing.