控
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to control; to accuse; to charge; to sue; to invert a container to empty it; (suffix) (slang) buff; enthusiast; devotee; -phile or -philia
11 strokes
Dict coverage rank #853 U+63A7
How 控 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
扌 (semantic, “hand”) + 空 (phonetic, kōng)
How to remember it
control · Heisig RSH #1074
fingers + 空 empty
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 空
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 空 (kōng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 空 sound component | kōng | hollow, empty, deserted, bare |
| 腔 | qiāng | chest cavity; a hollow in the body |
| 倥 | kǒng | boorish, ignorant; urgent, pressing |
| 崆 | kōng | the Kongtong mountain |
| 焢 | hōng | anger, rage; slow-braised pork belly |
| 箜 | kōng | ancient Chinese harp |
Words containing 控
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 自动控制 | zì dòng kòng zhì | automatic control |
| 地面控制 | dì miàn kòng zhì | ground control (of airborne or space operation) |
| 气动控制 | qì dòng kòng zhì | pneumatic control |
| 中控面板 | zhōng kòng miàn bǎn | center dash console; central dashboard |
| 核出口控制 | hé chū kǒu kòng zhì | nuclear export control |
| 分布控制 | fēn bù kòng zhì | distributed control |
| 实际控制人 | shí jì kòng zhì rén | (corporations law) actual controller |
| 实控人 | shí kòng rén | (corporations law) actual controller (abbr. for 實際控制人|实际控制人[shi2 ji4 kong4 zhi4 ren2]) |
| 巴控克什米尔 | Bā kòng Kè shí mǐ ěr | Pakistan administered Kashmir |
| 程控电话 | chéng kòng diàn huà | automatic telephone exchange |
| 实际控制线 | Shí jì Kòng zhì xiàn | Line of Actual Control (LAC), separating Indian-controlled territory from Chinese-controll… |
| 控制台 | kòng zhì tái | control desk; console |
| 微控制器 | wēi kòng zhì qì | microcontroller unit (MCU) |
| 控球后卫 | kòng qiú hòu wèi | (basketball) point guard |
| 程控交换机 | chéng kòng jiāo huàn jī | electronic switching system (telecom.); stored program control exchange (SPC) |
| 正太控 | zhèng tài kòng | shotacon (Japanese loanword); manga or anime genre depicting young boys in an erotic manne… |
| 控制权 | kòng zhì quán | control (as in "to win control") |
| 病虫害绿色防控 | bìng chóng hài lǜ sè fáng kòng | green pest prevention and control; environmentally friendly methods of pest control and pr… |
| 自控 | zì kòng | automated; automatically regulated; to control oneself; self-control |
| 控制论 | kòng zhì lùn | cybernetics |