漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement
衝: collide, brunt
Also: highway, opposition (astronomy), thrust, pierce, stab, prick
JLPT N115 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
行 carries the meaning · 重 gives the sound
15 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
ショウshou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 衝突しょうとつ
- 衝撃しょうげきimpact; shock; impulse
- 折衝せっしょうnegotiation
- 要衝ようしょうimportant point; strategic position
- 衝動しょうどうimpulse; urge; impetus
- 緩衝かんしょうshock absorption; buffer action; cushioning
Also read つく, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“You stand at a bustling crossroads! This radical represents motion, travel, and the way we "conduct" ourselves as we move through the world.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side衝 collide · 行
vs種 species · 禾In ChineseSimplified 冲 · traditional, as in Japanese · chōng
Japan keeps the traditional form 衝; mainland China simplifies it to 冲.
- Simplified
- 冲 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 衝 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin chōng most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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