Chinese Character Wiki

琮

cóng

octagonal piece of jade with hole in middle

Components
王 meaning component

王  Meaning component

wáng, wàng

  

king

jade

宗 sound component

宗  Sound component

zōng

  

ancestor, sect

Evolution

琮 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
琮 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
琮 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
琮 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
琮 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

琮  

cóng

octagonal piece of jade with hole in middle; octagonal jade badge

琮  

Cóng

surname Cong

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

5336th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Unicode

U+742E

Shuowen

“琮，瑞玉。大八寸，似車釭。从玉，宗聲。”


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