cóng

bush

Simplified form of . represents the sound.

Components
一 simplified component

  Simplified component

  

one

Stroke added to distinguish this character from .

从 sound component

  Sound component

cóng

  

from

Evolution

丛 Bronze script Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)

Bronze script

Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
丛 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
丛 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
丛 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
丛 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

cóng

bush, shrub; thicket; collection; cluster; collection of books

Most common words with 丛
Freq.
Word
Meaning

丛林

jungle

cluster

树丛

thicket

草丛

underbrush

丛书

a series of books

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 7.4483% of movies

2125th most common character in movies

1678th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

5

Traditional

Unicode

U+4E1B


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