忡 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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chōng

a sad

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 中 represents the sound.

Components

忄 Meaning component

xin, xīn

heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

中 Sound component

zhōng, zhòng

central

Evolution

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

chōng

a sad, uneasy countenance; grieved; distressed; sad; uneasy

Most common words with 忡

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	忧心忡忡	deeply worried and sick at heart (idiom)
	忡	grieved

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*tʰruŋ	trhjuwng	chōng	grieved, agitated

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3326th most common character in books

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