qióng
high and vast
Phonosemantic compound. 穴 represents the meaning and 弓 represents the sound.
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 穹
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
vault | ||
the blue dome of heaven | ||
dome | ||
vault | ||
yurt (round tent) |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
3521st most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 8 |
Unicode | U+7A79 |
Shuowen | “穹,窮也。从穴,弓聲。” |
Sources
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