凑
to gather together, pool or collect; to happen by chance; to move close to; to exploit an opportunity
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Dict coverage rank #2,266 U+51D1
How 凑 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
冫 (semantic, “ice”) + 奏 (phonetic, zòu)
How to remember it
gather together · Heisig RSH #2597
ice + 奏 play an instrument
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 奏
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 奏 (zòu) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 奏 sound component | zòu | to play; to memorialize; to report |
| 揍 | zòu | to hit, to beat; to smash, to break |
| 腠 | còu | subcutaneous tissue |
| 辏 | còu | wheel hub; to converge |
Words containing 凑
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 高不凑低不就 | gāo bù còu dī bù jiù | can't reach the high or accept the low (idiom); not good enough for a high post, but too p… |
| 东拼西凑 | dōng pīn xī còu | (idiom) to assemble from bits and pieces; to combine items from disparate sources |
| 紧凑型车 | jǐn còu xíng chē | compact car model |
| 七拼八凑 | qī pīn bā còu | assembled at random; a motley collection |
| 紧凑渺子线圈 | Jǐn còu Miǎo zǐ Xiàn quān | Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) |
| 凑手 | còu shǒu | at hand; within easy reach; convenient; handy |
| 凑数 | còu shù | to serve as a stopgap; to make up a shortfall in the number of people |
| 凑合 | còu he | to bring together; to make do in a bad situation; to just get by; to improvise; passable; … |
| 不凑巧 | bù còu qiǎo | unluckily |
| 凑成 | còu chéng | to put together; to make up (a set); to round up (a number to a convenient multiple); resu… |
| 凑份子 | còu fèn zi | to pool resources (for a gift, project etc) |
| 凑单 | còu dān | to pad an order; to add extra items to an order so as to reach the minimum spend required … |
| 凑热闹 | còu rè nao | to join in the fun; to get in on the action; (fig.) to butt in; to create more trouble |
| 凑足 | còu zú | to scrape together enough (people, money etc) |
| 凑钱 | còu qián | to raise enough money to do sth; to pool money; to club together (to do sth) |
| 杂凑 | zá còu | to put together various bits; to knock sth together; hash (computing); see also 散列[san3 li… |
| 凑近 | còu jìn | to approach; to lean close to |
| 凑齐 | còu qí | to collect all the bits to make a whole |
| 紧凑 | jǐn còu | compact; terse; tight (schedule) |
| 凑付 | còu fu | to put together hastily; to make do with |