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zōng

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zōng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zōng | zong1
English translation
mane; neck bristles

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About zōng

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Number of strokes

18

Traditional form

zōng

Contains the radical

biāo

Part of speech

Noun morpheme / 名语素 Míng yǔsù

Learning hint

hair

Etymology of zōng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

髟宗

Semantic compound

biāo

Phonetic compound

Zōng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. biāo represents the meaning and Zōng represents the sound. Simplified form of .

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Example sentences using zōng

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我们 wǒmen yòng 马鬃 lái 填充 tián chōng zuò 使 shǐ gēng ruǎn .

We padded the seat of chair with mane to make It'softer.

这些 zhè xiē 接受 jiēshòu 专门 zhuānmén 训练 xùnliàn 鬃毛 zōng máo 得到 dé dào 精心 jīngxīn 梳理 shū lǐ

The horses were exercised and groomed with special care.

Words with zōng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
zōng bristles zōng
鬃毛 zōng máo mane鬃毛 zōng máo

zōng Decomposition & Compounds

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