潼 (tóng): used in place names, notably To…

Meanings

1 used in place names, notably Tong Pass

Characters

潼

tóng

(place name) Tong

Examples

陕西的潼关自古就是战略要塞。

Shǎnxī de Tóng guān zìgǔ jiù shì zhànlüè yàosài.

Tong Pass in Shaanxi has been a strategic stronghold since ancient times.

军队占据潼关，敌人无法前进。

Jūnduì zhànjù Tóng guān, dírén wúfǎ qiánjìn.

The army occupied this pass and the enemy could not advance.

Tips

culture

Mainly a place-name character. 潼关 (Tong Pass), where the 黄河 bends sharply, has guarded the route into the Guanzhong heartland for centuries and is a name that recurs throughout Chinese military history.

Components

radical

氵 shuǐ

water

The three-drop water radical, the left-side form of 水. It originally marked 潼 as the name of a river, the source of the later pass name.

phonetic

童 tóng

child

Supplies the sound exactly: standalone 童 is also tóng. It contributes pronunciation only, with no 'child' meaning here.

Stroke Order

潼 tóng

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