幢 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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chuáng, zhuàng

carriage curtain

Phonosemantic compound. 巾 represents the meaning and 童 represents the sound.

Components

巾 Meaning component

jīn

cloth

童 Sound component

tóng

child

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

chuáng

carriage curtain; sun screen; banner

zhuàng

classifier for buildings; carriage curtain (old)

Most common words with 幢

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	幢	classifier for buildings
	幢幢	dancing

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*[d]ˤroŋ	draewng	chuáng	a kind of flag

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 5.1097% of movies

2444th most common character in movies

2566th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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