cōng HSK7

hastily

Variant form of /, which depicts a line piercing an object. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Component uses

Sound (1)

Iconic (1)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangsʰloːŋ
Unicodetsung

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.761zi.tools
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Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

cōng agitated Traditional

Original meaning: insightful

Depicts a line () piercing a heart () (i.e. having an insightful understanding), conveying the meaning "insightful", now written as . The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components

Iconic component
xīn, xin heart

In ancient China, it was thought that the heart was the center of thought and reasoning.

SoundIconic component
cōng chimney

Depicts a line piercing. Represents having an insightful understanding in one's thoughts.


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

Component uses

Sound (3 of 8 verified)

Meaning (1 of 2 verified)

Simplified (1)

說文解字

《說文》:“悤,多遽悤悤也。从心、囪,囪亦聲。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.762林志強《《文源》評注》p.36張世超《金文形義通解》p.2443-2444Ning Yu "Heart and Cognition in Ancient Chinese Philosophy"
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Historical images
Academia Sinica

cōng hastily Traditional

Original meaning: insightful

Variant of . Depicts a line () piercing a heart () (i.e. having an insightful understanding), conveying the meaning "insightful". now written as . The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components

SoundIconic component
cōng hastily

Depicts a line piercing. Represents having an insightful understanding in one's thoughts.

Iconic component
xīn, xin heart

In ancient China, it was thought that the heart was the center of thought and reasoning.

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangsʰloːŋ
Unicodetsung

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.762林志強《《文源》評注》p.36張世超《金文形義通解》p.2443-2444Ning Yu "Heart and Cognition in Ancient Chinese Philosophy"
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang