chōng

irresolute

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
忄 meaning component

  Meaning component

xinxīn

  

heart

is a component form of .

童 sound component

  Sound component

tóng

  

child

Evolution

憧 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
憧 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

chōng

irresolute, indecisive; yearn for; irresolute; unsettled

Most common words with 憧
Freq.
Word
Meaning

憧憬

to long for

irresolute

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3626th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

15

Unicode

U+61A7

Shuowen

“憧,意不定也。从心,童聲。”


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