聪
cōng HSK5

clever, wise

聪 (聰) cōng
intelligent adjective
clever, bright, or quick-witted

这孩子从小就很聪明。

zhè hái​zi cóng xiǎo jiù hěn cōng​ming.

This child has been smart since he was little.

acute hearing idiom
possessing a keen sense of hearing; sharp-eared

那位老人虽然年纪大了，但依然耳聪目明。

nà wèi lǎo​rén suī​rán nián​jì dà le, dàn yī​rán ěr​cōng​mù​míng.

Although the old man is elderly, his hearing and eyesight are still sharp.

Cross-References

Has old variant

Has variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,669th most common 56.1 per million
Movie subtitles
983rd most common 108.3 per million appears in 43% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
3.25 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
5.90 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 3
HSK 3.0
Level 5
Traditional
聰
Strokes
15
Unicode
U+806A

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)