Meaning
to gather; to unite; to unify; whole
Chinese: 统一、统领或系统。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “tong” becomes a different word in each tone. 统 is the 3rd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
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Common Words
- 系统xì tǒngsystem
- 总统zǒng tǒngpresident (of a country)
- 传统chuán tǒngtradition; traditional
- 统一tǒng yīto unify; to integrate; unified; integrated
- 统计tǒng jìstatistics; to count; to add up
Example Sentence
老师统计了班里的人数。Lǎo shī tǒng jì le bān lǐ de rén shù.The teacher counted the number of people in the class.
老师Lǎo shīteacher统计tǒng jìstatistics了le(completed action)班bānteam里lǐinside的deof人数rén shùnumber of people。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
The silk radical 纟 plus 充 (sound): the head thread of a skein, the main line — ‘to gather, unite, command; a system, lineage; all, whole’ (统一, 系统, 传统). Simplified from 統.
A way to remember it
The main thread (纟) gathering all — to unite; a system.