峒 (tóng): (in 崆峒) the name of a mountain…

Meanings

崆峒山在甘肃东部。

Kōngtóng Shān zài Gānsù dōngbù.

Mount Kongtong rises in eastern Gansu.

usage

In this reading 峒 is bound to 崆峒. Distinct from the common reading 峒 ('cave; old settlement unit').

radical

山 shān

mountain

Left side is the mountain radical 山, fitting both a hill cave and the hill-country settlements the word once named.

phonetic

同 tóng

same; sound element

Right side 同 is the sound element; it gives 峒 directly in one reading and 峒 after drift in this one.

峒 tóng