冗 (rǒng): extraneous, redundant, superfluous
冗 (rǒng) is a Chinese character meaning “extraneous.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 冖 (structural) and 几 (structural). It ranks #2949 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 冗 a cover-cloth 冖 on a table 几. Its radical form 冖 (cover) appears in many related characters such as 写 (xiě, to write), 农 (nóng, (bound form) agriculture), 军 (jūn, (bound form) army).
Definitions
- extraneous
- redundant
- superfluous
Etymology & Origin
ideographicA cover-cloth 冖 on a table 几
Decomposition: ⿱冖几 (layout: top-bottom)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 冗长 | rǒng cháng | long and tedious |
| 拨冗 | bō rǒng | to find time to do sth in the midst of pressing affairs |
| 冗员 | rǒng yuán | excess personnel |
| 冗余 | rǒng yú | redundancy |
| 冗长度 | rǒng cháng dù | (level of) redundancy |
| 冗长辩论 | rǒng cháng biàn lùn | filibuster |
| 冗位 | rǒng wèi | redundant position |
| 冗数 | rǒng shù | redundant number |
| 冗务 | rǒng wù | miscellaneous affairs |
| 冗言 | rǒng yán | pleonasm (linguistics) |
| 流冗 | liú rǒng | the unemployed workforce |
| 冗费 | rǒng fèi | unnecessary expenses |
| 冗官 | rǒng guān | redundant officials |
| 冗语 | rǒng yǔ | verbosity |
| 冗职 | rǒng zhí | redundant position |
冗 appears in 29 compound words: 83 as the first character, 17 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 冗 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
了解冗字的来源，有助于理解中国文化。
le xiè rǒng zì de lái yuán , yǒu zhù yú lǐ xiè zhōng guó wén huā .
Understanding the origins of redundant characters helps us grasp Chinese culture.
...音/李四川遭控见“天道盟”游象贤 儿游辉冗替父驳:较像角头、非帮派
. . . yīn lǐ sì chuān zāo kòng jiàn tiān dào méng yóu xiàng xián ér yóu huī rǒng tì fù bó : jiào xiàng jiǎo tóu , fēi bāng pài
...Yin/Li Sichuan Accused of Meeting "Tian Dao Alliance" Member You Xiangxian; Son You Huirong Defends Father: "More Like a Local Gang Leader, Not a Gang"
这位老教授的讲座冗长而沉闷。
Zhèwèi lǎo jiàoshòu de jiǎngzuò rǒngcháng ér chénmèn.
The old professor's lectures are long-winded and ponderous.
Character Family
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