Chinese

通常

/tʰʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/
regular; usual; normal
  • HSK 3
  • TOCFL 6

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  • characterChinese通 “to pass through; to travel through; to go through; or, to allow passage”
    • meaningChinese辵 “to walk for a while and be still for a while”
      • ideaChinese彳 “to walk slowly”
      • ideaChinese止 “foot”
    • soundChinese甬 “handle of a bell”
  • characterChinese常 “normal; general; common”
    • soundChinese尚 “still; yet”
      • meaningChinese八 “eight”
      • soundChinese向 “to face”
        • ideaChinese宀 “a type of deep house with walls on all four sides, a roof, a main hall, and back rooms”
        • ideaChinese口 “mouth, especially the lips and internal mouth cavity (Classifier: 把 c)”
    • meaningChinese巾 “a square item of cloth; towel; kerchief”

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