Chinese Character Wiki
悤

cōng

agitated

Original meaning: 

insightful

Depicts a line (囱) piercing a heart (心) (i.e. having an insightful understanding), conveying the meaning "insightful", now written as 聰. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components
心 iconic component

心  Iconic component

xīn

  

heart

In ancient China, it was thought that the heart was the center of thought and reasoning.

囱 iconic component

囱  Iconic component

cōng, chuāng

  

chimney

Depicts a line piercing. Represents having an insightful understanding in one's thoughts.

Evolution

悤 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
悤 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
悤 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

悤  

cōng

agitated, restless, hurried

匆 (悤) 

cōng

variant of 匆[cōng]

Most common words with 悤
Freq.
Word
Meaning

匆匆

hurriedly

匆忙

hasty

急匆匆

hurried

匆

hurried

行色匆匆

hurried

Component uses

Meaning component in 2 characters (1 verified)

聰 傯

Sound component in 8 characters (3 verified)

总 總 聰 蔥 傯 骢 璁 熜

Simplified component in 1 character (1 verified)

总

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 5.1257% of movies

2354th most common character in movies

1622nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Traditional

怱匆

Unicode

U+60A4

Shuowen

“悤，多遽悤悤也。从心、囪，囪亦聲。”
Sources

季旭昇《說文新證》p.762

林志強《《文源》評注》p.36

張世超《金文形義通解》p.2443-2444



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