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匆

cōng
adverb #56,850

Meanings

  1. 1 hurriedly; hastily

Examples

HSK 2
别这么匆忙，慢慢来。
Bié zhème cōngmáng, mànmàn lái.
Don't be in such a rush; take your time.
HSK 7-9
他匆匆地走了，没有道别。
Tā cōngcōng de zǒu le, méiyǒu dàobié.
He hurried off without saying goodbye.

Tips

usage
匆 conveys haste. It usually doubles as 匆匆 (in a hurry) or joins 忙 as 匆忙 (hurried, rushed).

Components

pictograph
勿 wù
do not (here a graphic body)
The body of 匆 is shaped like 勿, originally a picture of a window or a swinging banner; combined with the inner mark it gave the sense of hurried, flustered movement.
ideograph
丶 zhǔ
a dot marker
The single dot inside is an added marker stroke; it distinguishes 匆 from the plain 勿 shape and has no meaning of its own.

Filed under radical 勹 (bāo, #20) by convention. 勹 is not a separate component in 匆, so no strokes are highlighted.

Stroke Order

匆 cōng