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琮

cóng

Character

What 琮 means

1. jade tube with round hole and rectangular sides, used ceremonially in ancient times

Other readings

琮 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Cóngsurname Cong

Words containing 琮

• 玉琮yù cóngsee 琮

Characters built on 宗

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

• 综zōng(bound form) to synthesize; to combine; Taiwan pr. zòng
• 踪zōng(bound form) footprint; trace; tracks
• 崇chónghigh; sublime; lofty
• 棕zōngpalm; palm fiber; coir (coconut fiber)
• 鬃zōngbristles; horse's mane
• 粽zòngrice dumplings wrapped in leaves
• 淙cóngnoise of water

Sounds the same

Read cóng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 从from; through; via; (bound form) to follow; (bound form) to obey
• 丛cluster; collection; collection of books
• 淙noise of water
• 悰joy
• 賨tribute paid by Han dynasty tribes
• 漎a place where small streams flow into a large one
• 潀gather; flow into (water); sound of waters flowing together
• 従old variant of 从