同一个 (tóng yí gè) — the same; identical

Definition

adjective

the sameidentical

同一个。
Wǒ men zhù zài tóng yí gè xiǎo qū.
We live in the same residential area.
同一个。
Tā men xuǎn zé le tóng yí gè dì fāng.
They chose the same place.
同一个。
Zhè liǎng gè wèn tí yǒu tóng yí gè dá àn.
These two questions have the same answer.

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A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

同 originally drew a pipe. It is the old form of 筒.

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

一 is drawn as one horizontal stroke, marking the number one.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 個; 个 is its simplified writing.

亻固個

Meaning part形符xíngfú

亻Written in full as人rénperson

Sound part声符shēngfú

固

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

For 个, the form 個 pairs 亻 (person) with 固 as a sound part.

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