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淙

cóng

gurgling sound of water

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 宗 represents the sound.

Components
氵 meaning component

氵  Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

  

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

宗 sound component

宗  Sound component

zōng

  

ancestor, sect

Evolution

淙 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
淙 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

淙  

cóng

gurgling sound of water; noise of water

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4172nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Unicode

U+6DD9

Shuowen

“淙，水聲也。从水，宗聲。”


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