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衝

chōng, chòng

rush ahead, vigorous

Phonosemantic compound. 行 represents the meaning and 重 represents the sound.

Components
行 meaning component

行  Meaning component

xíng, háng

  

walk

重 sound component

重  Sound component

zhòng, chóng

  

heavy

Evolution

衝 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
衝 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
衝 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

冲 (衝) 

chōng

rush against, charge ahead; thoroughfare; to go straight ahead; to rush; to clash

冲 (衝) 

chòng

powerful; vigorous; pungent; towards; in view of

Most common words with 衝
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

*tʰoŋ

tsyhowng

chōng

rush against


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

15

Simplified

冲

Unicode

U+885D

Shuowen

“，通道也。从行，童聲。《春秋傳》曰：‘及以戈擊之。’”


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