The kanji 同: meaning, readings and stroke order

同

Meaning: same
On reading: ドウ dou
Kun reading: おな（じ） onaji
Strokes: 6
Radical: 口 mouth, opening
Level: Level 2 · grade 2

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: giống nhau, cùng (đồng)
Japanese: おなじ。
Korean: 같다 (동)
Chinese: 相同、一样

Readings, words and example sentences

ドウ dou · on reading

同どう時じ
at the same time
二人が 同どう時じに走りだしました。
The two of them started running at the same time.

おな（じ） onaji · kun reading

同おなじ
same
妹はわたしと 同おなじ 学校です。
My little sister goes to the same school as me.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.