憧 (chōng): used in 憧憬[chong1 jing3]

憧 (chōng) is a Chinese character meaning “used in 憧憬[chong1 jing3].” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 忄 (semantic) and 童 (phonetic). It ranks #3042 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, 憧 heart. Its radical form 忄 (heart) appears in many related characters such as 恨 (hèn, to hate), 情 (qíng, feeling, emotion), 快 (kuài, fast, happy).

Native pronunciation
HSK 7-9Radical: 忄 heart15 strokesFrequency #3042忄 semantic童 phonetic

Definitions

  1. used in 憧憬[chong1 jing3]

Etymology & Origin

憧

pictophoneticheart

Decomposition: ⿰忄童 (layout: left-right)

Components:忄semantic童phonetic

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
憧憬chōng jǐngto long for
憧憧chōng chōng(of light, shadows) swaying
2
Total compounds
100
As first character
0
As last character
0
As middle character

憧 appears in 2 compound words: 100 as the first character, 0 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Strongest Collocations

Characters that most frequently co-occur with 憧 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

憬jǐng
0.94416,829 co-occurrences
抱bào
0.412396 co-occurrences
著zhù
0.3521,410 co-occurrences
充chōng
0.343384 co-occurrences
嫉jí
0.33636 co-occurrences
丸wán
0.328144 co-occurrences
着zhe
0.307372 co-occurrences
渴kě
0.29830 co-occurrences
偶ǒu
0.293168 co-occurrences
因yīn
0.2921,200 co-occurrences

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

看到孩子的进步，父母憧中十分欣慰。

kàn dào hái zǐ de jìn bù , fù mǔ chōng zhōng shí fēn xīn wèi .

Seeing their child's progress brings the parents great joy.

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中国憧憬再通胀 内房消费股看涨 瑞银:产能过剩...

zhōng guó chōng jǐng zài tōng zhàng nèi fáng xiāo fèi gǔ kàn zhǎng ruì yín : chǎn néng guò shèng . . .

China looks forward to reinflation, domestic consumer stocks are bullish UBS: Overcapacity...

Character Family

忄 Radical Family — Characters sharing the heart radical

怖bù惭cán惨cǎn悴cuì惮dàn悼dào惦diàn懂dǒng惰duò愤fèn

Related Characters

恨hèn情qíng快kuài怕pà忙máng性xìng怪guài慢màn懂dǒng惯guàn

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 憧 (chōng) mean in Chinese?
憧 (chōng) primarily means "used in 憧憬[chong1 jing3]." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #3042 in character frequency.
What's the difference between 憧 and 撞?
憧 (chōng) and 撞 (zhuàng) are often confused. confusable. The key distinguishing feature: 忄 vs 扌 (same 童 component).
How many strokes does 憧 have?
憧 is written with 15 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 憧?
The radical associated with 憧 is 忄 (heart). This radical appears in many characters related to heart.
What are the components of 憧?
憧 is composed of: 忄 (semantic), 童 (phonetic). Its IDS decomposition is ⿰忄童 with a left-right layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 憧?
Common words with 憧 include: 憧憬 (chōng jǐng, "to long for"); 憧憧 (chōng chōng, "(of light, shadows) swaying"). There are over 2 compound words containing this character.
Is 憧 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 憧 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.