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冗

extraneous; redundant; superfluous; busy schedule

4 strokes Dict coverage rank #2,026 U+5197

How 冗 is formed

Ideographic compound (会意字)

A cover-cloth 冖 on a table 几

components: 冖 几

How to remember it

superfluous · Heisig RSH #318

crown + wind

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words containing 冗

WordPinyinMeaning
冗长度 rǒng cháng dù (level of) redundancy
冗长辩论 rǒng cháng biàn lùn filibuster
冗长 rǒng cháng long and tedious; redundant; superfluous; supernumerary; verbose (of writing)
冗数 rǒng shù redundant number
冗语 rǒng yǔ verbosity; verbose speech
冗言 rǒng yán pleonasm (linguistics)
冗员 rǒng yuán excess personnel; superfluous staff
冗词 rǒng cí tautology; superfluous words
冗食 rǒng shí eating without working
冗位 rǒng wèi redundant position
冗官 rǒng guān redundant officials
冗务 rǒng wù miscellaneous affairs
冗兵 rǒng bīng superfluous troops
冗费 rǒng fèi unnecessary expenses
冗笔 rǒng bǐ superfluous words (in writing); superfluous strokes (in calligraphy)
冗散 rǒng sǎn (literary) idle; unemployed; (literary) (of writing) leisurely and verbose
冗余 rǒng yú redundancy; redundant
冗职 rǒng zhí redundant position
冗杂 rǒng zá many and varied; confused
冗辞 rǒng cí variant of 冗詞|冗词[rong3 ci2]