熜 (cōng) · a chimney (classical)

Meanings

1 a chimney (classical)
2 a torch made of hemp stalks (classical)

Characters

熜

cōng

a chimney (classical)

Examples

HSK 7-9

熜在古文里是烟囱的意思。

Cōng zài gǔwén lǐ shì yāncōng de yìsi.

In old texts the character 'cong' means a chimney.

Tips

history

熜 is not used in modern Chinese. It is an old word for a chimney, and (read 熜) a torch bundled from hemp stalks. Today the chimney is written 烟囱. The fire radical 火 gives the smoke-and-flame sense; 悤 supplies the sound, the older full form of 匆.

register

Archaic and literary. You will meet 熜 only in old dictionaries and classical text, never in speech.