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轰

hōng

rumble

Simplified form of 轟. Depicts the sound made by many vehicles (车). The meaning later shifted to "rumble".

Components
车 meaning component

车  Meaning component

chē, jū

  

vehicle

又 simplified component

又  Simplified component

yòu

  

(hand), again

Shorthand for the 車 component in the traditional character 轟.

又 simplified component

又  Simplified component

yòu

  

(hand), again

Shorthand for the 車 component in the traditional character 轟.

Evolution

轰 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
轰 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
轰 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

轰 (轟) 

hōng

rumble, explosion, blast; explosion; bang; boom; rumble; to attack; to shoo away; to expel

Most common words with 轰
Freq.
Word
Meaning

轰

bang

轰炸

to bomb

轰动

commotion

轰炸机

bomber (aircraft)

轰轰烈烈

strong

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 8.6016% of movies

2019th most common character in movies

1264th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Traditional

轟

Unicode

U+8F70


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