丛

cluster; collection; collection of books; thicket

5 strokes Dict coverage rank #2,368 U+4E1B

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

一 (semantic, “one”) + 从 (phonetic, cóng)

components: 从一

thicket · Heisig RSH #2104

assembly line + floor

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 从

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 从 (cóng) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
从 sound component	cóng	from, by, since, whence, through
纵	zòng	to indulge in, to give free reign to
耸	sǒng	to excite, to urge; to raise; to shrug; lofty, towering
枞	cōng	fir tree
怂	sǒng	to arouse, to incite, to instigate
疭	zòng	clonic convulsions
苁	cōng	a medicinal herb; Boschniakia glabra

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
太阳神经丛	tài yáng shén jīng cóng	solar plexus chakra
丛台区	Cóng tái Qū	Congtai, a district of Handan City 邯鄲市\|邯郸市[Han2 dan1 Shi4], Hebei
丛林法则	cóng lín fǎ zé	the law of the jungle
孔丛子	Kǒng cóng zǐ	the K'ung family Masters' anthology, collection of dialogues between Confucius and his dis…
人丛	rén cóng	crowd of people
丛生	cóng shēng	growing as a thicket; overgrown; breaking out everywhere (of disease, social disorder etc)
花丛	huā cóng	cluster of flowers; inflorescence; flowering shrub
百弊丛生	bǎi bì cóng shēng	All the ill effects appear. (idiom)
丛台	Cóng tái	see 叢臺區\|丛台区[Cong2 tai2 Qu1]
丛林	cóng lín	jungle; thicket; forest; Buddhist monastery
丛书	cóng shū	a series of books; a collection of books
纤维丛	xiān wéi cóng	fiber bundle (math.)
单丛	Dān cóng	Dancong, type of oolong tea
草丛	cǎo cóng	underbrush
灌木丛	guàn mù cóng	shrub; shrubbery
丛集	cóng jí	to crowd together; to pile up; to cluster; (book) collection; series
树丛	shù cóng	thicket; undergrowth
丛谈	cóng tán	discussion; forum
灌丛	guàn cóng	scrub; shrubland; undergrowth
蚕丛	Cán Cóng	Can Cong, legendary creator of silk and sericulture