匆
cōng HSK7

hastily

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approved by cochleoid · Feb 21, 2025, 03:15 AM · Reviewed by cochleoid on Feb 21, 2025, 03:15 AM

Linking this to the characters it was derived from, thanks to the same source as I used for those.

Changed fields: hint, originalMeaning, isVerified, customSources

Original meaning: insightful

Originated from 怱, being the top component of 悤, 囪, with the lower left portion omitted. Variant of 怱 and 悤. Modern meaning is a phonetic loan.

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangsʰloːŋ
Unicodetsung

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇 《說文新證》 p.761-762The Outlier Dictionary of Chinese Characters, Outlier Linguistics
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang