叢

See also: 丛, 菆, and 从
叢 U+53E2, 叢
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53E2
← 叡
[U+53E1]
CJK Unified Ideographs 口 →
[U+53E3]

Translingual

Han character

叢 (Kangxi radical 29, 又+16, 18 strokes, cangjie input 廿金廿水 (TCTE), four-corner 32147, composition ⿱丵取)

References

  • KangXi: page 167, character 12
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3220
  • Dae Jaweon: page 379, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 402, character 15
  • Unihan data for U+53E2

Chinese

trad. 叢
simp. 丛
alternative forms 从
樷
藂
欉 variant and Min Nan vernacular
菆

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 叢
Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Qin slip script Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *zloːŋ) : semantic 丵 + phonetic 取 (OC *sʰloːʔ, *sʰloʔ).

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *C-tsəw-k/ŋ (“to collect; to gather; to assemble”). Cognate with 聚 (OC *zloʔ, *zlos, “to collect; to store”), 族 (OC *zoːɡ, “clan”), 最 (OC *zloːds, “to collect; most”), 稯 (OC *ʔsoːŋ, “sheaf; bundle”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation


Note:
  • chông - literary;
  • châng - vernacular (classifier for trees).

Rime
Character 叢
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 從 (15)
Final (韻) 東 (1)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 徂紅切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/d͡zuŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/d͡zuŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/d͡zuŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/d͡zəwŋ/
Li
Rong
/d͡zuŋ/
Wang
Li
/d͡zuŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/d͡zʱuŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
cóng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
cung4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 叢
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
cóng
Middle
Chinese
‹ dzuwng ›
Old
Chinese
/*dzˁoŋ/
English collect; thicket

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 叢
Reading # 1/1
No. 10668
Phonetic
component
取
Rime
group
東
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
叢
Old
Chinese
/*zloːŋ/

Definitions

叢

  1. to collect; to gather; to assemble; to crowd together
  2. bush; shrub; thicket; grove
  3. collection; crowd
  4. (Min Bei, Min Nan) Classifier for plants.
    一叢樹/一丛树 [Hokkien]  ―  chi̍t châng chhiū [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  a tree
  5. (Hokkien) Classifier for long objects.
  6. a surname

Synonyms

  • (classifier for plants):
  • (classifier for long objects):

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

叢

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings

Etymology

Kanji in this term
叢
くさむら
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 叢 – see the following entry.
【くさむら】
[noun] clump of bushes, thicket
Alternative spellings
叢, 草叢, 草むら
(This term, 叢, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

叢 (eum 총 (chong))

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Vietnamese

Han character

叢: Hán Nôm readings: tòng, tùng

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