簇 (cù): (bound form) to cluster, to pile up, cluster, pile, classifier for bunches, clusters, piles etc
簇 (cù) is a Chinese character meaning “(bound form) to cluster.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of ⺮ (semantic) and 族 (phonetic). It ranks #2689 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 簇 bamboo. Its radical form 竹 (bamboo) appears in many related characters such as 笑 (xiào, to laugh), 第 (dì, (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六 "sixth")), 等 (děng, to wait for).
Definitions
- (bound form) to cluster
- to pile up
- cluster
- pile
- classifier for bunches, clusters, piles etc
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 簇拥verb | cù yōng | to crowd around |
| 簇新adjective | cù xīn | brand-new |
| 高维代数簇 | gāo wéi dài shù cù | (math.) higher dimensional algebraic variety |
| 抗原决定簇noun | kàng yuán jué dìng cù | (immunology) antigenic determinant |
| 代数簇 | dài shù cù | algebraic variety (math.) |
| 花团锦簇phrase | huā tuán jǐn cù | brightly colored decorations (idiom) |
| 花簇noun | huā cù | bunch of flowers |
| 簇射 | cù shè | shower (radiation, particle, etc) |
| 簇茎石竹 | cù jīng shí zhú | boreal carnation or northern pink |
| 攒簇 | cuán cù | to gather closely together |
簇 appears in 10 compound words: 40 as the first character, 60 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 簇 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
簇字在不同的语境中有不同的用法。
cù zì zài bù tóng de yǔ jìng zhōng yǒu bù tóng de yòng fǎ .
The character "簇" has different usages in different contexts.
团队研究了横场伊辛模型和团簇伊辛模型量子临界点的驱动动力学。
tuán duì yán jiū le héng chǎng yī xīn mó xíng hé tuán cù yī xīn mó xíng liàng zǐ lín jiè diǎn de qū dòng dòng lì xué .
The team studied the driving dynamics of quantum critical points in the transverse-field Ising model and the cluster Ising model.
待到会议结束时,众人簇拥下的毛泽东,已经坐在了原本属于余洒度的位置。
dài dào huì yì jié shù shí , zhòng rén cù yōng xià de máo zé dōng , yǐ jīng zuò zài le yuán běn shǔ yú yú sǎ dù de wèi zhì .
By the time the meeting ended, Mao Zedong—surrounded by the crowd—was already seated in the spot that had originally belonged to Yu Shadu.
这场名为“花团锦簇”的服饰大秀,由苗族设计师、贵州“村T”发起人杨春林策划。
zhè chǎng míng wéi huā tuán jǐn cù de fú shì dà xiù , yóu miáo zú shè jì shī , guì zhōu cūn T fā qǐ rén yáng chūn lín cè huá .
This fashion show, titled “A Blossom of Splendor,” was curated by Yang Chunlin, a Miao designer and founder of Guizhou’s “Cun T.”
在广西柳州市主城区的多处路段,路边的树上挂满了圆球状的果实,一簇簇格外显眼。
zài guǎng xī liǔ zhōu shì zhǔ chéng qū de duō chǔ lù duàn , lù biān de shù shàng guà mǎn le yuán qiú zhuàng de guǒ shí , yī cù cù gé wài xiǎn yǎn .
In several areas of the central district of Liuzhou, Guangxi, the trees along the roadsides are covered with spherical fruits that stand out in clusters.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the ⺮ (bamboo) component
Frequently Asked Questions
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