rōng, róng
soft
Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 耳 represents the sound.
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 茸
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
hairy | ||
confused | ||
fuzz | ||
young deer antler prior to ossification (used in TCM) | ||
matsutake (Tricholoma matsutake), edible mushroom considered a great delicacy in Japan |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 1.2814% of movies
2819th most common character in movies
3343rd most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 9 |
Unicode | U+8338 |
Shuowen | “茸,艸茸茸皃。从艸,聦省聲。” |
Sources
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