15 strokes17 strokes
Character #825 · The First 1000
聪 (聰) cōng meaning: smart
(literary) acute (of hearing); clever; intelligent; sharp
- Strokes
- 1517
- TraditionalSimplified
- 聰 聪
- Poster cell
- M30
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02 练习纸
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Practice writing 聪聰
Write 聪聰 in the grey model box at the start of each row and its pinyin, cōng, on the lines above. Then copy it across the row, following the stroke order above.
Nine rows of field-grid squares, 15 mm. More about this sheet 03 千字海报
04 问答
Quick answers
- What does 聪 mean in English?
- 聪 (cōng) means "smart": (literary) acute (of hearing); clever; intelligent; sharp.
- How do you pronounce 聪?
- 聪 is pronounced cōng in pinyin, with the first (high, level) tone. In Zhuyin (bopomofo) it is written ㄘㄨㄥ.
- How many strokes does 聪 have?
- The simplified form, 聪, has 15 strokes. The traditional form, 聰, has 17.
- What is the traditional form of 聪?
- The traditional form of 聪 is 聰. 聪 is the simplified form, used in mainland China and Singapore; 聰 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau.
- What are common words with 聪?
- Common words that use 聪 include 聪明 (cōngming, intelligent), 聪慧 (cōnghuì, bright), 聪颖 (cōngyǐng, smart), 失聪 (shīcōng, to go deaf).
- How common is 聪?
- 聪 is number 825 of the 1,000 most common Chinese characters, in cell M30 of The First 1000 poster.
Definitions and word glosses adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License), animated with Hanzi Writer.