chōng

a sad

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
忄 meaning component

  Meaning component

xinxīn

  

heart

is a component form of .

中 sound component

  Sound component

zhōngzhòng

  

central

Evolution

忡 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
忡 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
忡 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

chōng

a sad, uneasy countenance; grieved; distressed; sad; uneasy

Most common words with 忡
Freq.
Word
Meaning

忧心忡忡

deeply worried and sick at heart (idiom)

grieved