Chinese Character Wiki

葱

cōng

scallions

Components
艹 meaning component

艹  Meaning component

cao, cǎo

  

grass

grass

怱 sound component

怱  Sound component

cōng

  

hastily

Evolution

葱 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

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

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
葱 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
葱 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
葱 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

葱 (蔥) 

cōng

scallions, onions, leeks; scallion; green onion

Most common words with 葱
Freq.
Word
Meaning

洋葱

bulb onion

葱

scallion

大葱

leek

葱花

chopped onion

青葱

scallion

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 3.9885% of movies

2522nd most common character in movies

2907th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Traditional

蔥

Unicode

U+8471


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