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统tǒng

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统

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Shuowen

统 (tǒng): The character combines the silk radical 纟, indicating connection and continuity like threads, with 充 which provides both sound and the sense of filling or extending. Originally depicting threads joined together as one, it came to mean "to unite" or "to bring under single control," as in 统一 (yītǒng, to unify). The writing reflects this core idea of things being connected into a coherent whole.

Pinyin

tǒng· HSK 1