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憧

chōng

Character

What 憧 means

1. used in {憧憬|chōng jǐng}
2. used in {憧憧|chōng chōng}

Words starting with 憧

• 憧憬chōng jǐngto long for; to look forward to
• 憧憧chōng chōng(of light, shadows) swaying; moving about; dancing

Characters built on 童

These share the phonetic component 童 (tóng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 瞳tóngpupil of the eye
• 僮tóngservant boy
• 潼tónghigh; name of a pass

Characters that look like 憧

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 慢mànslow
• 懂dǒngto understand; to comprehend
• 幢chuángbanner; pennant (in ancient China)
• 幔màncurtain
• 憬jǐngawaken
• 僮tóngservant boy

Sounds the same

Read chōng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 冲(of water) to dash against; to mix with water; to infuse
• 充sufficient; full; to fill; to serve as; to act as
• 涌(used in place names)
• 舂to pound (grain etc) with a mortar and pestle
• 忡grieved; distressed; sad
• 翀soar
• 㳘(literary) (of a mountain stream) to flow down; (onomatopoeia) sound of flowing water
• 憃foolish; stupid; dull; silly
• 艟used in 艨艟; Taiwan pr. tóng
• 摏variant of 舂