Hanja Analyzer
統

統 — tong

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
거느릴 통
Romanization
tong
English
govern, command, control; unite
Mandarin
tǒng
Japanese on'yomi
トウ, ツ
Japanese kun'yomi
す.べる
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 5
Newspaper frequency
#125 of 2,500
Strokes
12
Radical
糸 (120, 6 residual)
Phonetic component
充
Unicode
U+7D71

Parts that make up 統

  • 糸 실 사, 가는실 멱 꼬아 놓은 실타래실·천·끈, 그리고 잇고 매는 일
  • 充 채울 충sound

How 統 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 統 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 糸, 充.

Korean example words with 統

  • 신통神統 Korean gloss: 신의 계통
  • 국통國統 Korean gloss: 임금의 혈통
  • 대통大統 Korean gloss: 임금의 계통
  • 천통天統 Korean gloss: 천자의 혈통
  • 적통嫡統 Korean gloss: 적자 자손의 계통
  • 계통系統 Korean gloss: 일정한 분야나 부문
  • 법통法統 Korean gloss: 법의 계통이나 전통
  • 가통家統 Korean gloss: 집안의 계통이나 내림
  • 왕통王統 Korean gloss: 왕위를 계승하는 정통
  • 학통學統 Korean gloss: 학문의 계통이나 계파
  • 황통皇統 Korean gloss: 황제의 계통이나 혈통
  • 도통道統 Korean gloss: 도학(道學)을 전하는 계통

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 統

  • 統一とういつ unity; consolidation; uniformity
  • 大統領だいとうりょう president (of a country); big man; boss
  • 伝統でんとう tradition; convention
  • 統合とうごう integration; unification; unity
  • 統計とうけい statistics
  • 統治とうち rule; reign; government
  • 統制とうせい regulation; control
  • 伝統的でんとうてき traditional; customary; conventional
  • 系統けいとう system; lineage; ancestry
  • 総統そうとう supreme ruler; generalissimo; president (of Taiwan)
  • 正統せいとう legitimate; orthodox; traditional
  • 統括とうかつ unification; bringing together; generalization

Characters sharing the phonetic 充

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

銃

Other hanja read “통”

Other hanja with radical 糸

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