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统

統
tǒng
verb #17,575

Meanings

  1. 1 to unite
  2. 2 to unify
  3. 3 whole
  4. 4 system

Examples

HSK 5
整个公司用一套统一的管理系统。
Zhěnggè gōngsī yòng yī tào tǒngyī de guǎnlǐ xìtǒng.
The whole company runs on one unified management system.
HSK 5
她喜欢穿传统的服装。
Tā xǐhuan chuān chuántǒng de fúzhuāng.
She likes to wear traditional clothing.
HSK 7-9
秦始皇统一了六国，建立了中央集权的帝国。
Qínshǐhuáng tǒngyī le liùguó, jiànlì le zhōngyāng jíquán de dìguó.
Qin Shi Huang unified the six states and established a centralized empire.

Tips

memory
纟 (silk) + 充 (fill) - one thread connecting everything.

Components

radical
纟 sī
silk (radical form of 糸)
Left silk radical - three-stroke side-form of 糸, a tied bundle of silk threads. Carries the meaning: 统 originally meant the main thread that all others wind around - the central strand of a skein. From this came the abstract senses of unifying, governing, and gathering into one system.
phonetic
充 chōng
to fill; full
Right 充 supplies the sound - chōng drifting to tǒng through the regular ch/t alternation. Same phonetic frames 痛 pain, 桶 bucket, 筒 tube, all sharing the tǒng/tòng reading. Borrowed for sound; the 'filling, gathering' flavour of 充 also softly reinforces the unifying meaning.

Stroke Order

统 tǒng