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cōng

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cōng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
cōng | cong1
English translation
sharp (of sight and hearing); intelligent, clever, bright

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About cōng

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Number of strokes

17

Traditional form

cōng

Contains the radical

ěr

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

ear

Etymology of cōng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

耳悤

Semantic compound

ěr

Phonetic compound

cōng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. ěr represents the meaning and zǒng represents the sound. Simplified form of cōng .

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Words with cōng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
聪明 cōngming clever聰明
cōng wise cōng
聪慧 cōng huì bright聰慧
聪明才智 cōng ming cái zhì intelligence and wisdom聰明才智
小聪明 xiǎo cōng ming clever-clever小聰明
自作聪明 zì zuò cōng míng to think oneself clever (idiom)自作聰明
聪明伶俐 cōng ming líng lì clever and quick-witted聰明伶俐
失聪 shī cōng to go deaf失聰
聪颖 cōng yǐng smart聰穎
聪敏 cōng mǐn quick聰敏
聪明绝顶 cōng ming jué dǐng highly intelligent (idiom)聰明絕頂
聪明反被聪明误 cōng míng fǎn bèi cōng míng wù too smart for one's own good聰明反被聰明誤
冰雪聪明 bīng xuě cōng ming exceptionally intelligent (idiom)冰雪聰明
耳聪目明 ěr cōng mù míng keen and alert耳聰目明
绝顶聪明 jué dǐng cōng ming extremely bright (idiom)絕頂聰明

cōng Decomposition & Compounds

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