zòng
indulge in
Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 從 represents the sound.
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 縱
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
to operate | ||
vertical | ||
to set on fire | ||
to indulge | ||
to indulge |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[ts]oŋ-s | tsjowngH | zòng | let loose |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 14.3361% of movies
1750th most common character in movies
1236th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 17 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+7E31 |
Shuowen | “縱,緩也。一曰舍也。从糸,從聲。” |
Sources
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