同

like / same / similar / together / alike / with

同 = 冂 + 𠮛 : Tommy Turtle (tu) is stapling (冂) a magical scroll (𠮛) to the wall of the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). On it he wrote that he's looking for two twins (mnemonic symbol for 同).

同

衕

tòng = tu + (e)ng4

see 衚衕|胡同[hu2 tong4]

同 character breakdown

同
- 冂
  - 丨
  - ㇆
    - 一
    - 亅
- 𠮛
  - 一
  - 口

冂

jio̅ng = ju + (e)ng1

radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 13), occurring in 用[yong4], 同[tong2], 網|网[wang3] etc, referred to as 同字框[tong2 zi4 kuang4]

冂 = 丨 + ㇆ : Kind of looks like a map. Zeus found a secret map that tells the location of a golden dinosaur bone in front of the engine, so he took a plough and digged up everything. He actually found a couple of dinosaur bones, but not a golden one.

𠮛

Character component without intrinsic meaning

𠮛 = 一 + 口 : This character looks like a scroll, on which your aim is written. A scroll with the paper made from mandarins (口), and a flute (一) to wrap it all up.

Characters with 同 as component

兴

興

xìng = xi + (e)ng4

feeling or desire to do sth / interest in sth / excitement

兴 = 小 + 一 + 八 : I would say this one looks definitely like a hedgehog, but since there's already a character for hedgehog, let's call this one a sea star.

兴 = 小 + 一 + 八 : Marie Curie found a sea star attached to a big eight ball in the engine's bathroom. As she is a curious and interested scientist, she wants to investigate the sea star, so she pokes it with a flute and tries to tickle it with a daisy.

兴

興

xi̅ng = xi + (e)ng1

to rise / to flourish / to become popular / to start / to encourage / to get up / (often used in the negative) to permit or allow (dialect) / maybe (dialect)

兴

興

xi̅ng = xi + (e)ng1

surname Xing

洞

dòng = du + (e)ng4

cave / hole / zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers) / CL:個|个[ge4]

洞 = 同 + 氵 : Doggy Dog (du) finds two twins (同) have fallen down the cave (洞) in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4). He immediately begins to dig a tunnel to bring them a bottle of water (氵) until more help arrives.

铜

銅

tóng = tu + (e)ng2

copper (chemistry) / see also 紅銅|红铜[hong2 tong2] / CL:塊|块[kuai4]

铜 = 同 + 钅 : Tommy Turtle (tu) runs a copper (铜) mine in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). He managed to force two twins (同) to work for him and mine the copper using golden harpoons (钅).

筒

筩

tǒng = tu + (e)ng3

variant of 筒[tong3]

筒 = ⺮ + 同 : Tommy Turtle (tu) managed to build a twin (同) cylinder (筒) engine out of bamboo sticks (⺮) inside of the engine ((e)ng3).

筒

tǒng = tu + (e)ng3

tube / cylinder / to encase in sth cylindrical (such as hands in sleeves etc)

筒 = ⺮ + 同 : Tommy Turtle (tu) managed to build a twin (同) cylinder (筒) engine out of bamboo sticks (⺮) inside of the engine ((e)ng3).

桐

tóng = tu + (e)ng2

tree name (variously Paulownia, Firmiana or Aleurites)