chōng
flush, wash away
Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 中 represents the sound.
Components
Evolution
![沖 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC) 沖 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)](https://data.dong-chinese.com/img/sinica/%E6%B2%96_0.png)
Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)![沖 Bronze script Early Warring States (~400 BC) 沖 Bronze script Early Warring States (~400 BC)](https://data.dong-chinese.com/img/sinica/%E6%B2%96_2.png)
Bronze script
Early Warring States (~400 BC)![沖 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD) 沖 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)](https://data.dong-chinese.com/img/sinica/%E6%B2%96_3.png)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)![沖 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD) 沖 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)](https://data.dong-chinese.com/img/sinica/%E6%B2%96_4.png)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
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