cōng, chuāng
chimney
Original meaning:
window
Variant form of 囪. Pictograph of a window with crossbars. Originally the component above 心 in 悤, representing a hole being pierced in the heart.
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Traditional script
ModernSimplified script
ModernComponent uses
Meaning component in 1 character (1 verified)
Sound component in 1 character (1 verified)
Iconic component in 1 character (1 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 |
Sources
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