倥

kōng / kǒng
adjective

Meanings

  1. 1 used in 倥侗: ignorant; unenlightened

Examples

HSK 7-9
Wén zhōng xiě de shì yì zhǒng kōngtóng wúzhī de zhuàngtài.
The text describes a state of childlike ignorance.
HSK 7-9
Gǔ yǔ kōngtóng zhǐ méngmèi wèi kāihuà.
The ancient phrase 'kongtong' means dim and untaught.

Tips

usage
First tone 倥 is bound to the literary word 倥侗 (ignorant, unenlightened). A separate reading 倥 carries the unrelated 'pressed for time, harried' sense in 倥偬.

Components

radical
亻 rén
person
Left is the side-person radical 亻, the standing form of 人. It marks a word about a human condition - here a person's untaught, blank state of mind.
phonetic
空 kōng
empty (phonetic, with hollow-mind hint)
Right is 空, giving the sound kōng and a fitting overtone: an empty, unfilled head. Person plus emptiness suggests an unenlightened, knowledge-less mind.

Stroke Order

倥 kōng