囱
cōng HSK7

chimney

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approved by cochleoid · Feb 19, 2025, 06:31 AM · Reviewed by cochleoid on Feb 19, 2025, 06:31 AM

Adding the origin in 悤, which they could have just seen by clicking on the traditional form. Maybe entries for simplified characters should only explain what is unique to the simplification, and leave the origin to the entry for the traditional form?

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Variant form of 囪. Pictograph of a window with crossbars. Originally the component above 心 in 悤, representing a hole being pierced in the heart.

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