曈 (tóng) · (of the sun) about to rise; first light of dawn

Meanings

1 (of the sun) about to rise; first light of dawn

Characters

曈

tóng

first light of dawn

Examples

HSK 5

天明时，东方曈曈初亮。

Tiān míng shí, dōngfāng tóngtóng chū liàng.

At dawn the first faint light glowed in the east.

HSK 6

名句云：「千门万户曈曈日。」

Míngjù yún ：「 qiānménwànhù tóngtóng rì 。」

The famous New Year line reads: 'A thousand homes greet the bright new dawn.'

Tips

culture

Famous from Wang Anshi's New Year poem line 千门万户曈曈日, countless doorways lit by the bright rising sun of the new year. Doubled 曈曈 describes the glow of first daylight.

Components

radical

日 rì

sun

Left-side sun radical 日. The character is about the sun just clearing the horizon, so the sun radical carries the meaning.

phonetic

童 tóng

child; (here) sound

Right side 童 supplies the sound tóng; the same phonetic appears in 瞳 and 潼.

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Stroke Order

曈 tóng

Related Words

曈曈 tóngtóng

bright and new (of the rising sun) / bright; shining

千门万户曈曈日 Qiānmén wànhù tóngtóng rì

on a thousand gates and ten thousand households, the new sun dawns bright / a New Year's morning scene of light spreading over every home / (lit.) thousand gates ten thousand doors, the rising-sun sun

操心 cāoxīn HSK 7-9 #4,636

to worry about / to be concerned about / to take care of

惦记 diànjì HSK 7-9 #10,973

to think about / to keep thinking about / to be concerned about

关心 guānxīn HSK 3 #792

to care about / to be concerned about

淡 dàn HSK 5 #7,420

bland; tasteless; light (flavor) / light (color); pale / indifferent; lukewarm

关灯 guāndēng #9,268

to turn off the light / to switch off the light

创 chuàng HSK 7-9 #4,905

to create; to initiate; to found / to achieve (sth for the first time); to set (a record)

寸 cùn HSK 6 #4,864

a traditional Chinese unit of length (about 3.33 cm) / inch (informal usage)

点心 diǎnxin HSK 5 #4,821

dim sum / pastry / light refreshment / snack