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控

kòng

control

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 空 represents the sound.

Components
扌 meaning component

扌  Meaning component

shou, shǒu

  

hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

空 sound component

空  Sound component

kōng, kòng

  

empty

Evolution

控 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
控 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
控 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

控  

kòng

accuse, charge; control; to control; to accuse; to charge; to sue; to invert a container to empty it; (suffix) (slang) buff; enthusiast; devotee; -phile or -philia

Most common words with 控
Freq.
Word
Meaning

控制

control

控

to control

指控

accusation

监控

to monitor

控股

to own a controlling number of shares in a company

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*kʰˤoŋ-s

khuwngH

kòng

pull (on bow or reins)


Statistics

HSK level 5

Appears in 63.2388% of movies

559th most common character in movies

780th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Unicode

U+63A7

Shuowen

“控，引也。从手，空聲。《詩》曰：‘控于大邦。’匈奴名引弓控弦。”


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