丛 (cóng): cluster, collection, collection of books
丛 (cóng) is a Chinese character meaning “cluster.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 从 (phonetic) and 一 (semantic). It ranks #1665 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 丛 one. Its radical form 一 (one) appears in many related characters such as 一 (yī, one), 七 (qī, seven), 三 (sān, three).
Definitions
- cluster
- collection
- collection of books
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 丛林 | cóng lín | jungle |
| 树丛 | shù cóng | thicket |
| 灌木丛 | guàn mù cóng | shrub |
| 草丛 | cǎo cóng | underbrush |
| 花丛 | huā cóng | cluster of flowers |
| 丛生 | cóng shēng | growing as a thicket |
| 丛书 | cóng shū | a series of books |
| 人丛 | rén cóng | crowd of people |
| 丛集 | cóng jí | to crowd together |
| 太阳神经丛 | tài yáng shén jīng cóng | solar plexus chakra |
| 丛林法则 | cóng lín fǎ zé | the law of the jungle |
| 丛台区 | cóng tái qū | Congtai, a district of Handan City 邯鄲市|邯郸市[Han2 dan1 Shi4], Hebei |
| 孔丛子 | kǒng cóng zǐ | the K'ung family Masters' anthology, collection of dialogues between Confucius and his disciples, possibly forged in ... |
| 单丛 | dān cóng | Dancong, type of oolong tea |
| 丛谈 | cóng tán | discussion |
丛 appears in 21 compound words: 43 as the first character, 48 as the last, and 10 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 丛 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
丛字在日常生活中使用频率较低。
cóng zì zài rì cháng shēng huó zhōng shǐ yòng pín lǜ jiào dī .
The character "丛" is not frequently used in everyday life.
...对撞!零件喷满地4人伤 自小客烂毁冲进草丛
. . . duì zhuàng ! líng jiàn pēn mǎn dì 4 rén shāng zì xiǎo kè làn huǐ chōng jìn cǎo cóng
墨西哥毒枭密会情妇曝行踪 躲灌木丛驳火中枪惨死
mò xī gē dú 枭 mì huì qíng fù pù háng zōng duǒ guàn mù cóng bó huǒ zhōng qiāng cǎn sǐ
Mexican drug lord's secret meeting mistress revealed her whereabouts and died tragically after being shot in the bushes
蜜蜂在花丛中飞行。
Mìfēng zài huācóng zhōng fēixíng.
Bees are flying among the flowers.
仔细搜寻敌人可能藏身的灌木丛。
Zǐxì sōuxún dírén kěnéng cángshēn de guànmùcóng.
Investigate thoroughly the bushes where the enemy may be hiding.
他写了一本关于丛林冒险的书。
Tā xiě le yī běn guānyú cónglín màoxiǎn de shū.
He wrote a book about a jungle adventure.
孩子们在丛林中迷路了。
Háizimen zài cónglín zhōng mílù le.
The children got lost in the jungle.
我们往下看，是一片水泥丛林。
Wǒmen wǎng xià kàn, shì yī piàn shuǐní cónglín.
Looking down, we saw a concrete jungle.
我躲在高草丛里了。
Wǒ duǒ zài gāo cǎocóng lǐ le.
I hid in the tall grass.
狮子是丛林之王。
Shīzi shì cónglín zhī wáng.
The lion is the king of the jungle.
Character Family
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