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窗

chuāng

window

Phonosemantic compound. 穴 represents the meaning and 囱 represents the sound.

Components
穴 meaning component

穴  Meaning component

xué

  

cave

A window is a "hole" in the wall.

囱 sound,meaning component

囱  Sound Meaning component

cōng, chuāng

  

chimney

Pictograph of a window with crossbars.

Evolution

窗 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
窗 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
窗 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
窗 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

窗  

chuāng

window; shutter; CL:扇[shàn]

窗 (窓) 

chuāng

variant of 窗[chuāng]

窗 (牎) 

chuāng

old variant of 窗[chuāng]

Most common words with 窗
Freq.
Word
Meaning

窗户

window

窗

shutter

窗口

window

窗帘

window curtains

车窗

car window

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*s-l̥ˤ<r>oŋ

tsrhaewng

chuāng

window


Statistics

HSK level 4

Appears in 30.3860% of movies

1165th most common character in movies

1074th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Unicode

U+7A97

Shuowen

“囱，在牆曰牖，在屋曰囱。象形。窗，或从穴，，古文。”


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