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蔥
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葱
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onion

HSK 10
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cōng
ソウ
ねぎ
Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 悤 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (蔥)
艹 grass (top)+ 悤 agitated =
蔥 onion
艹 Meaning component
cao grass (top)
grass
艹 is a component form of 艸.
悤 Phonetic component
cōng agitated
agitated, restless, hurried
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Simplified (葱)
艹 grass (top)+ 怱 hastily =
葱 scallions
艹 Meaning component
cao grass (top)
grass
grass
怱 Phonetic component
cōng hastily
hastily, in haste, hurriedly
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Notes
Similar Characters
春 springtime甍 rafters supporting roof盖 hide (simp)着 arrive/wear繭 cocoon (trad/jp)艺 art (simp)艻 sweet basil艽 a root艾 Chinese mugwort艿 taro节 knot (simp)芄 Metaplexis stauntoni芊 exuberant and vigorous芋 taro芍 peony芎 a kind of herb芏 Cyperus malaccensis芑 white millet芒 mango芗 fragrant smell of grain (simp)
Historical Evolution
Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
蔥
Regular
Modern
Chinese
葱 / 蔥 [cōng]
scallion; green onion
Japanese
葱 ねぎ 、 ネギ 同音
noun usually kana Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); Japanese bunching onion; green onion; spring onion; scallion
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
ネギをベランダに起きっぱなしにしていたら、カスカスになった。
I left some scallions out on the veranda for too long and they dried out.
CHINESE WORDS (23)
洋葱 [yáng​cōng] #5,894
onion (Allium cepa)
大葱 [dà​cōng] #48,746
leek
葱花 [cōng​huā] #63,700
chopped onion
青葱 [qīng​cōng] #64,434
scallion
郁郁葱葱 [yù​yù​cōng​cōng] #29,172
verdant and lush (idiom)
小葱 [xiǎo​cōng] #36,213
shallot
葱郁 [cōng​yù] #63,837
verdant
葱茏 [cōng​lóng] #40,884
verdant and lush
葱头 [cōng​tóu] #41,504
onion
葱绿 [cōng​lǜ] #45,026
verdant
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