憧 (chōng): (in 憧憬) to long for; to look fo…

Meanings

年轻人总是憧憬美好的未来。

Niánqīngrén zǒngshì chōngjǐng měihǎo de wèilái.

Young people always long for a better future.

灯影在墙上憧憧晃动。

Dēng yǐng zài qiángshàng chōng chōng huàngdòng.

Lamp shadows flickered to and fro on the wall.

usage

Mostly seen in 憧憬 (to yearn for). The doubled form 憧憧 is literary, describing shadows or figures moving restlessly back and forth.

radical

忄 xīn

heart; feeling

The upright heart radical (left-side form of 心) marks 憧 as an inner state: an unsettled, yearning mind reaching toward something it desires.

phonetic

童 tóng

child

Gives the reading chōng; its image of childhood faintly suits the innocent, hopeful longing of 憧憬.

憧 chōng