统 tǒng
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 纟 — silk
- Made of
- 纟 silk 充 to fill, to supply
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
统一
tǒngyī
to unite; to make consistent
Characters in this word
一 yī
- Strokes
- 1
- Radical
- 一 — one
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 颜色要统一。 Yánsè yào tǒngyī. The colors should match.
- 我们统一意见。 Wǒmen tǒngyī yìjiàn. We agree on our opinions.
- 时间统一了。 Shíjiān tǒngyī le. The time is agreed on.
Related words
- 传统 chuántǒng tradition; traditional
- 统计 tǒngjì to count; statistics
- 系统 xìtǒng system
- 总统 zǒngtǒng president
- 一 yī one
- 一半 yíbàn half
- 一会儿 yíhuìr a moment, a little while
- 一块儿 yíkuàir together
- 一下儿 yíxiàr a bit, briefly (after a verb)
- 一样 yíyàng the same, alike
- 一边 yìbiān one side; while (doing two things at once)
- 一点儿 yìdiǎnr a little, a bit