衝

See also 冲

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 行 + phonetic 重

Han character

衝 (radical 144 行+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 竹人竹土弓 (HOHGN), four-corner 2110₄)

1. rush against, charge ahead

References

• KangXi: page 1110, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34069
• Dae Jaweon: page 1574, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 843, character 2
• Unihan data for U+885D

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Cantonese

Hanzi

衝 (simplified 冲, Yale chung1)

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Japanese

Kanji

衝 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: しょう (shō)
• Kun: つく (tsuku)

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Korean

Hanja

衝 (hangeul 충, revised chung, McCune-Reischauer ch'ung, Yale chwung)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

衝 (simplified 冲, pinyin chōng (chong1), Wade-Giles ch'ung¹)

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Vietnamese

Han character

衝 (xung, giong, tông, xong, xông, xúng)