童

surname Tong

童 = 立 + 里 : Mnemonic symbol from "golden boy, jade girl": the golden boy.

The golden boy (童) fell in love with Tommy Turtle (tu). He is waiting for him in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2) to surprise him with a vase (立) full of sunflowers (里).

童

tóng = tu + (e)ng2

child

童 character breakdown

童
- 立
  - 亠
    - 一
    - 丶
  - 䒑
    - 一
    - 丷
- 里
  - 土
    - 一
    - 十
      - 一
      - 丨
  - 田
    - 十
      - 一
      - 丨
    - 囗

立

lì = li + Ø4

to stand / to set up / to establish / to lay down / to draw up / at once / immediately

立 = 䒑 + 亠 : Li Qing Zhao hides some weed in a vase in the space station's bathroom. To get the weed there, she transports it under her beret.

里

裏

lǐ = li + Ø3

variant of 裡|里[li3]

里

裡

lǐ = li + Ø3

lining / interior / inside / internal / also written 裏|里[li3]

里 = 土 + 田 : Mnemonic symbol: a sunflower. The 田 part looks like the blossom and 土 looks like the stem and leaves. Li Qingzhao (li) wants to put up a field (田) inside (里) the space station's living room (Ø3). First she puts some earth (土) here and there, and then she plants lots of sunflowers (里).

里

lǐ = li + Ø3

li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m / neighborhood / ancient administrative unit of 25 families / (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels

Characters with 童 as component

幢

zhuàng = zhu + ang4

classifier for buildings / carriage curtain (old)

幢 = 巾 + 童 : Julian Giant Squid (zhu) has built one 幢 building out of towels (巾) for the golden boy (童) to play with in the anglepod's bathroom (ang4).

幢

chuáng = chu + ang2

banner

撞

zhuàng = zhu + ang4

to knock against / to bump into / to run into / to meet by accident

撞 = 扌 + 童 : The golden boy (童) is trying to hit (撞) Julian Giant Squid (zhu) with a toy claw (扌) in the anglepod's bathroom (ang4), but he has no chance against his many tentacles and many toy claws.

钟

鐘

zho̅ng = zhu + (e)ng1

clock / o'clock / time as measured in hours and minutes / bell / CL:架[jia4],座[zuo4]

钟 = 中 + 钅 : Julian Giant Squid (zhu) practices trick shots in front of the engine ((e)ng1). He tries to hit a dart board (中) with golden harpoons (钅). He's not going for direct hits though, but trying to bounce the golden harpoons off of a huge bell (钟) first.

瞳

tóng = tu + (e)ng2

pupil of the eye

潼

tóng = tu + (e)ng2

high / name of a pass

疃

tuǎn = tu + an3

village / animal track

憧

cho̅ng = chu + (e)ng1

irresolute / unsettled

僮

zhuàng = zhu + ang4

old variant of 壯|壮, Zhuang ethnic group of Guangxi

僮

tóng = tu + (e)ng2

servant boy

穜

tóng = tu + (e)ng2

early-planted late-ripening grain

Words with 童

花

hua̅

童

tóng

page boy / flower girl (at a wedding)

童

tóng

军

軍

ju̅n

Scout (youth organization) / see also 童子軍|童子军[Tong2 zi3 jun1]

金

ji̅n

童

tóng

玉

yù

女

nǚ

lit. golden boys and jade maidens (idiom) / attendants of the Daoist immortals / fig. lovely young children / a golden couple / (of a couple who are in the public eye) a lovely young couple

童

tóng

趣

qù

qualities that delight children (e.g. bold colors in a picture, anthropomorphized characters in a TV show, the physical challenge of playground equipment)

童

tóng

叟

sǒu

无

無

wú

欺

qi̅

cheating neither old nor young (idiom); treating youngsters and old folk equally scrupulously / Our house offers sincere treatment to all and fair trade to old and young alike.

童

tóng

养

養

yǎng

媳

xí

child bride / girl adopted into a family as future daughter-in-law

门

門

mén

童