壅

壅 · yōng

to obstruct

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
yōng
Cantonese
jung1
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

to obstruct

Dictionary definitions & readings

壅 yōng · to obstruct; to stop up; to heap soil around the roots of a plant

CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · 2026-10-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
10493.040:yōng,wèng Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1391.070:yōng Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
441.140:yōng Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
yōng,yǒng粵jung1,jung2 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ヨウ ユ ふさぐ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
옹:0N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
於容 於隴 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
YVGG Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
0010.4 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0240.180 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
036.17 238.04 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
1184i Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+58C5
Radical
土 · 32
Strokes
16
Residual strokes
13
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6165

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

16 strokes
壅
Strokes
16
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

16 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
'jowng · 於容 · 通開三平鍾影 · #54
Middle Chinese
'jowngX · 於隴 · 通開三上鍾影 · #1174

PHONO-ML, source line 525; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
331.401
kCowles
4945 5265
kDaeJaweon
0480.040
kFennIndex
640.08
kGSR
1184i
kHanYu
10493.040
kIRGDaeJaweon
0480.040
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
10493.040
kIRGKangXi
0240.180
kKangXi
0240.180
kKarlgren
268
kLau
3143
kMatthews
7555
kMeyerWempe
3686 3945
kMorohashi
05524
kNelson
0332
kSBGY
036.17 238.04
kSMSZD2003Index
141.01 16.22
kCangjie
YVGG
kFenn
62G
kFourCornerCode
0010.4
kHKGlyph
0807
kMojiJoho
MJ009335
kPhonetic
1652
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kIICore
AGTHKP
kIRG_GSource
G0-5B55
kIRG_HSource
HB1-BEC3
kIRG_JSource
J0-5459
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-F9F3
kIRG_KSource
K0-6835
kIRG_TSource
T1-704C
kRSUnicode
32.13
kTotalStrokes
16
kBigFive
BEC3
kCCCII
213865
kCNS1986
1-704C
kCNS1992
1-704C
kEACC
213865
kGB0
5953
kGB1
5953
kJis0
5257
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
1085
kTGH
2013:6165
kTaiwanTelegraph
1085
kXerox
264:301
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+4522+32.3.13
kCantonese
jung1
kDefinition
to obstruct
kFanqie
於容 於隴
kHangul
옹:0N
kHanyuPinyin
10493.040:yōng,wèng
kJapanese
ヨウ ユ ふさぐ
kJapaneseKun
FUSAGU
kJapaneseOn
YOU
kKorean
ONG
kMandarin
yōng
kSMSZD2003Readings
yōng,yǒng粵jung1,jung2
kTGHZ2013
441.140:yōng
kXHC1983
1391.070:yōng

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

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3dictionary records using 壅0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

Shape description
雍 above 土 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿱雍土$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱雍土$(GHTJKP)

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