同 tóng
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 口 — mouth
- Made of
- 凡 any, every, all 口 mouth
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
同情
tóngqíng
to sympathize with
Characters in this word
情 qíng
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 忄 — heart
- Made of
- 忄 heart 青 blue, green
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我同情他。 Wǒ tóngqíng tā. I feel sorry for him.
- 她很同情你。 Tā hěn tóngqíng nǐ. She really sympathizes with you.
- 大家同情小狗。 Dàjiā tóngqíng xiǎogǒu. Everyone feels sorry for the puppy.