茺

茺 · chōng

motherwort

Entry ↗

Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
chōng
Cantonese
cung1
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

motherwort

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
53210.020:chōng Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0147.040:chōng Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
047.040:chōng Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
chōng粵cung1 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ジュウ シュウ シュ Source property ↗
Vietnamese · Quốc ngữ
súng Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
昌終 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
TYIU Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4421.3 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1029.110 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
027.14 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+833A
Radical
艸 · 140
Strokes
9
Residual strokes
6
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #6790

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

9 strokes
茺
Strokes
9
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

9 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
tsyhuwng · 昌終 · 通開三平東昌 · #19

PHONO-ML, source line 165; 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
1139.101
kDaeJaweon
1488.060
kHanYu
53210.020
kIRGDaeJaweon
1488.060
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
53210.020
kIRGKangXi
1029.110
kKangXi
1029.110
kMorohashi
30922:E0102
kSBGY
027.14
kSMSZD2003Index
580.05
kCangjie
TYIU
kFourCornerCode
4421.3
kMojiJoho
MJ021843 MJ021843:E0101 MJ021844:E0102
kPhonetic
325*
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIRG_GSource
G0-5C7B
kIRG_HSource
HB2-D072
kIRG_JSource
J13-7A70
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-6DAA
kIRG_KSource
K2-574F
kIRG_MSource
MB2-D072
kIRG_TSource
T2-2D35
kIRG_VSource
V1-6477
kRSUnicode
140.6
kTotalStrokes
9
kBigFive
D072
kCCCII
227C63
kCNS1986
2-2D35
kCNS1992
2-2D35
kEACC
227C63
kGB0
6091
kGB1
6091
kJIS0213
1,90,80
kJis1
5580
kTGH
2013:6790
kXerox
321:053
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+17074+140.3.6
kCantonese
cung1
kDefinition
motherwort
kFanqie
昌終
kHanyuPinyin
53210.020:chōng
kJapanese
ジュウ シュウ シュ
kJapaneseOn
SHUU SHU
kMandarin
chōng
kSMSZD2003Readings
chōng粵cung1
kTGHZ2013
047.040:chōng
kVietnamese
súng
kXHC1983
0147.040:chōng

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Structure & connections

0.10
0dictionary records using 茺0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

Shape description
艹 above 充 · the same shape in all seven regional standards (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Vietnam)
Source notation ^⿱艹充$(GHMTJKPV)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱艹充$(GHMTJKPV)

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