囱
cōng HSK7

chimney

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Derived from 悤. Depicts a line piercing an object. The meaning later shifted to "window" (now written 窗) and "chimney".

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsʰroːŋ
sʰloːŋ

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.761
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang