cōngchuāng

chimney

Original meaning: 

window

Variant form of . Pictograph of a window with crossbars.

Evolution

囱 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
囱 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
囱 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
囱 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
囱 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

cōng

chimney, funnel; chimney

() 

chuāng

variant of [chuāng]

Most common words with 囱
Freq.
Word
Meaning

烟囱

chimney

chimney

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (1 verified)

Sound component in 2 characters (2 verified)

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 1.2174% of movies

3232nd most common character in movies

3555th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Traditional

Unicode

U+56F1


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