cóng

gurgling sound of water

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
氵 meaning component

  Meaning component

shuishuǐ

  

water

is a component form of .

宗 sound component

  Sound component

zōng

  

ancestor, sect

Evolution

淙 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
淙 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

cóng

gurgling sound of water; noise of water