kòng

control

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
扌 meaning component

  Meaning component

shoushǒu

  

hand

is a component form of .

空 sound component

  Sound component

kōngkòng

  

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

 

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

to control

指控

accusation

监控

to monitor

控股

to own a controlling number of shares in a company