寵 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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chǒng

favorite

Phonosemantic compound. 宀 represents the meaning and 龍 represents the sound.

Components

宀 Meaning component

mián

roof

龍 Sound component

lóng

dragon

Evolution

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

chǒng

favorite, concubine; favor; to love; to pamper; to spoil; to favor

Most common words with 寵

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	宠物	house pet
	宠	to love
	宠爱	to dote on sb
	受宠若惊	overwhelmed by favor from superior (humble expr.)
	宠坏	to spoil (a child etc)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*r̥oŋʔ	trhjowngX	chǒng	favor, grace

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 13.0386% of movies

1835th most common character in movies

2422nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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