丛

cóng

c+óng·2nd tone

cluster · collection

Radical: 一 Strokes: 5

Structure: Top-bottomFrequency: Common

Same radical

不一三上下东世两七丝万丁

Same radical

不一三上下东世两七丝万丁严丧专

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Character Decomposition

丛=从+一

Etymology

one

Meanings

cluster

collection

collection of books

thicket

cóng

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Words with 丛 147 total

Can Cong, legendary creator of silk and sericulture蚕丛Cán Cóng growing as a thicket · overgrown · breaking out everywhere (of disease, social disorder etc)丛生cóng shēng a series of books · a collection of books丛书cóng shū discussion · forum丛谈cóng tán

Idioms with 丛 13 total Chain

All the ill effects appear. (idiom)百弊丛生bǎi bì cóng shēng drive one's friends to the side of the enemy · drive the birds (or sparrows) into the woods (or thickets)为丛驱雀wèi cóng qū què lit. to drive fish into the deep water and sparrows into the thicket (idiom) · fig. to govern badly, causing the people to flee to the enemy; also written as 为渊驱鱼，为丛驱爵为渊驱鱼，为丛驱雀wei4 yuan1 qu1 yu，wèi2 cong2 qu1 que4

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