共同点 (gòng tóng diǎn) — common ground; shared point; commonality

Definition

noun

common groundshared pointcommonality

共同点。
Wǒ men zài tǎo lùn zhōng zhǎo dào le hěn duō gòng tóng diǎn.
We found a lot of common ground in the discussion.
，共同点。
Suī rán wǒ men yì jiàn bù tóng, dàn yě yǒu yì xiē gòng tóng diǎn.
Although we have different opinions, we also have some common ground.
共同点？
Zhè liǎng gè xiàng mù yǒu gòng tóng diǎn ma?
Do these two projects have common ground?

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

共同common

联合Coordinate

'共' and '同' give commonness, and '点' marks a point, meaning shared common ground.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

共 shows 廾, two hands, holding up an object. That object was written 口 and later became the 廿-like top.

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.

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 點; 点 is its simplified writing.

黑占點

Meaning part形符xíngfú

黑黑hēiblack

Sound part声符shēngfú

占

占zhàn點diǎn(r)

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

The traditional form 點 pairs 黑 (black) with 占 for its sound; the simplified 点 is a later abbreviation.

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