雍 (yōng): surname Yong, harmony
雍 (yōng) is a Chinese character meaning “harmony.” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of 亠 (structural), 乡 (structural) and 隹 (structural). It ranks #3763 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 雍 birds 乡 living together in a village 乡. Its radical form 隹 (short-tailed bird) appears in many related characters such as 难 (nán, difficult (to...)), 雅 (yǎ, elegant), 集 (jí, to gather).
Definitions
- surname Yong
- harmony
Etymology & Origin
ideographicBirds 乡 living together in a village 乡
Decomposition: ⿱亠⿰乡隹 (layout: top-bottom)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 雍容adjective | yōng róng | natural |
| 悬雍垂noun | xuán yōng chuí | uvula (biology) |
| 雍容大度 | yōng róng dà dù | generous |
| 雍和宫proper-noun | yōng hé gōng | Yonghe Temple |
| 时雍 | shí yōng | concord |
| 雍和 | yōng hé | harmony |
| 雍正proper-noun | yōng zhèng | Yongzheng, reign name of Qing emperor (1722-1735) |
| 雍重 | yōng zhòng | cumbersome |
| 纳雍县 | nà yōng xiàn | Nayong, a county in Bijie City 畢節市|毕节市, Guizhou |
| 羊卓雍错proper-noun | yáng zhuó yōng cuò | Yamdrok Lake, Tibet |
| 纳雍 | nà yōng | see 納雍縣|纳雍县 |
| 羊卓雍措 | yáng zhuó yōng cuò | Yamdrok Lake, Tibet |
| 雍穆 | yōng mù | variant of 雍睦 |
| 辟雍noun | bì yōng | central of the five Zhou dynasty royal academies |
| 雍雍noun | yōng yōng | harmonious |
雍 appears in 18 compound words: 50 as the first character, 22 as the last, and 28 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 雍 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
写好雍字需要掌握正确的笔画顺序。
xiě hǎo Yōng zì xū yāo zhǎng wò zhèng què de bǐ huà shùn xù .
To write the character "雍" correctly, you need to master the correct stroke order.
仓陈雍古 (+9) 京东买急需和需要长时间售后的产品。
cāng chén Yōng gǔ ( 9 ) jīng dōng mǎi jí xū hé xū yāo cháng shí jiān shòu hòu de chǎn pǐn .
Cang Chen Yonggu (+9) Buy products on JD.com that you need urgently or that require long-term after-sales service.
雍正尤其钟爱这种游戏，其行乐图数量众多，特点亦十分鲜明。
Yōng zhèng yóu qí zhōng ài zhè zhǒng yóu xì , qí háng lè tú shǔ liàng zhòng duō , tè diǎn yì shí fēn xiān míng .
Emperor Yongzheng was particularly fond of this pastime; there are numerous paintings depicting his leisure activities, and they are characterized by very distinctive features.
溥仪、张学良和宋美龄都曾收藏的一幅画 雍正用它平息篡位丑闻估价6亿
溥 yí , zhāng xué liáng hé sòng měi líng dōu céng shōu zàng de yī fú huà Yōng zhèng yòng tā píng xī cuàn wèi chǒu wén gū jià 6 yì
A painting once owned by Puyi, Zhang Xueliang, and Soong Mei-ling; Yongzheng used it to quell a scandal over a coup attempt; estimated value: 600 million
颖崴、旺矽、精测、雍智产能利用率高 启动扩产
yǐng 崴 , wàng 矽 , jīng cè , Yōng zhì chǎn néng lì yòng lǜ gāo qǐ dòng kuò chǎn
Yingwei, Wangsi, Jingce, and Yongzhi Report High Capacity Utilization Rates and Launch Expansion Plans
Character Family
隹 Radical Family — Characters sharing the short-tailed bird radical
Homophones — Characters pronounced yōng
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