悤
cōng

agitated

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approved by cochleoid · Feb 19, 2025, 06:26 AM · Reviewed by cochleoid on Feb 19, 2025, 06:26 AM

Added 匆 as a variant.

Original meaning: insightful

Depiction of a line piercing a heart, originally representing a deep understanding, which is now written 聰. The modern meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components

心
心 MeaningIconic component
囱
囱 Iconic component

Depiction of the piercing. Also written 匆 in other variant.


Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

說文解字

《說文》：“悤，多遽悤悤也。从心、囪，囪亦聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫季旭昇 《說文新證》 p.761-762董蓮池 《說文解字考正》 p.404The Outlier Dictionary of Chinese Characters, Outlier LinguisticsWiktionary, 匆
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)