yǒngchōng

surge up

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
氵 meaning component

  Meaning component

shuishuǐ

  

water

is a component form of .

甬 sound component

  Sound component

yǒngtǒng

  

path

Evolution

涌 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
涌 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
涌 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

yǒng

surge up, bubble up, gush forth; variant of |[yǒng]

 

chōng

(used in place names)

() 

yǒng

to bubble up; to rush forth

Most common words with 涌
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to bubble up

涌现

to spring up

汹涌

turbulent

涌入

influx

喷涌

to bubble out