沖 (chōng)
to rinse; to flush; to brew (tea/coffee); to rush
How 沖 is written
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Traditional
- 沖
- Simplified
- 冲
Components
- 氵 water
- 口 mouth
- 丨 line
沖 has 2 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- chōng
- (of water) to dash against; to mix with water; to infuse; to rinse
- chòng
- powerful; vigorous; pungent; towards
Common words using 沖
- 沖刷 chōngshuā
- to cleanse; to scrub; to scour
- 沖劑 chōngjì
- to be taken dissolved in boiling water (of Chinese herbal medicine)
- 沖沖 chōngchōng
- excitedly
- 沖洗 chōngxǐ
- to rinse; to wash
- 沖涼 chōngliáng
- to take a shower; to take a bath; to bathe
- 沖淡 chōngdàn
- to dilute
- 沖繩 chōngshéng
- Okinawa, Japan
- 沖走 chōngzǒu
- to flush away
- 騰沖 téngchōng
- Tengchong county in Baoshan 保山[Bao3 shan1], Yunnan
- 怒氣沖沖 nùqìchōngchōng
- spitting anger (idiom); in a rage
- 林沖 línchōng
- Lin Chong, one of the Heroes of the Marsh in Water Margin
- 氣沖沖 qìchōngchōng
- furious; enraged
沖 in a sentence
上完廁所後，請記得沖水。
Shàng wán cèsuǒ hòu, qǐng jìde chōngshuǐ.
“Please remember to flush after using the toilet.”
How common is 沖?
沖 is the 701st most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 82.8% of all running text.
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