chuāng

window

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
穴 meaning component

  Meaning component

xué

  

cave

A window is a "hole" in the wall.

囱 sound,meaning component

  Sound Meaning component

cōngchuāng

  

chimney

Pictograph of a window with crossbars.

Evolution

窗 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
窗 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
窗 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
窗 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

chuāng

window; shutter; CL:[shàn]

() 

chuāng

variant of [chuāng]

() 

chuāng

old variant of [chuāng]

Most common words with 窗
Freq.
Word
Meaning

窗户

window

shutter

窗口

window

窗帘

window curtains

车窗

car window