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ㄔㄨㄤ

chuāng

window

窗 is a 12 stroke, simplified and traditional Chinese character and is pronounced as chuāng in the first tone.

In traditional Chinese the characters 牎, 牕, 窓 or 窻 may be used instead.

It is made up of the components 穴 (cave) and 囱 (chimney).

  • 窗
    ㄔㄨㄤ

    chuāng

    window

    • 穴
      ㄒㄩㄝ ˊ

      xué

      cave

    • 囱
      ㄘㄨㄥ

      cōng

      chimney

6 stories have been written about this character — see all
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A Chimney raises out of the cave to see the sky.
by rfgatoloai1124

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There's a cave in my chimney. Why? Because it's a friggin' window.
by PurpleWaterBottle

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I put a chimney in my cave so that I could have a window to see the stars.
by KittyL2

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I could not afford a window because of the chimney I placed in my cave.
by ThatOneAsianKid

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As I stare out the window I think of a cave with a chiminy.
by King-Aragorn

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Pronunciation

We found 1 pronunciation for 窗

Definitions for 窗 pronounced as chuāng

  • shutter
  • window
  • CL:扇[shan4]
  • old variant of 窗[chuang1]
  • variant of 窗[chuang1]
  • variant of 窗[chuang1]
  • variant of 窗[chuang1]

Vocabulary

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Collections

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