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沖

chōng

flush, wash away

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

Components
氵 meaning component

氵  Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

  

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

中 sound component

中  Sound component

zhōng, zhòng

  

central

Evolution

沖 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
沖 Bronze script Early Warring States (~400 BC)

Bronze script

Early Warring States (~400 BC)
沖 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

冲 (沖) 

chōng

pour, infuse, steep; wash away; (of water) to dash against; to mix with water; to infuse; to rinse; to flush; to develop (a film); to rise in the air; to clash; to collide with

Most common words with 沖
Freq.
Word
Meaning

冲

to infuse

冲突

conflict

冲动

to have an urge

冲击

to attack

冲浪

to surf

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[d]ruŋ

drjuwng

chōng

sound of cutting ice


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 51.7700% of movies

784th most common character in movies

702nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Simplified

冲

Unicode

U+6C96

Shuowen

“沖，涌搖也。从水、中。讀若動。”


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