丛

See also: 叢, 쓰, and 从

丛 U+4E1B, 丛 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E1B ← 业 [U+4E1A] CJK Unified Ideographs 东 → [U+4E1C]

Translingual

Han character

丛 (Kangxi radical 1, 一+4, 5 strokes, cangjie input 人人一 (OOM), four-corner 8810₀, composition ⿱从一)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 78, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 17, character 3
• Unihan data for U+4E1B

Chinese

Glyph origin

Simpified Chinese. A stroke was added in order to distinguish from 从. It can be analyzed as an Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) : 一 (“(土) ground, floor”) + 从 (“two people standing together”) – to make cluster.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 丛 – see 叢 (“to collect; to gather; to assemble; to crowd together; bush; shrub; thicket; grove; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 叢).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.