05208 Chinese character of 壅 and pronounce jung1

The Chinese character【壅】that we will explain today is a word that describes an action or a state. It is mainly used for the following meanings:

Congestion or obstruction.

The pronunciation of this specific Chinese character is given below.

Mandarin Pinyin of 【壅】:yōng

Cantonese Jyutping of 【壅】:jung1

Here’s an overview of the essential details about the character 【壅】︰

Here are some situations where you can use【壅】, for example:Describe an action or state , It means mainly to block or obstruct .The richness of Chinese characters allows for a wide range of meanings, some of which may be too complex to be fully explained here.

【壅】is an individual word that merges with others to generate specific phrases, for example【壅塞、壅阻】(Mandarin Pinyin:yōng sāi 、yōng zǔ/ Cantonese Jyutping:jung1 coi3 、jung1 zo2)

This character is written with 16 strokes,It is a highly difficult Chinese character that is rarely used in daily life and has a lower frequency of usage,Below is a sample sentence featuring this character in real usage.:


古城的城壕為防禦提供了保障。

The ancient city’s moat provided protection for defense.


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