丛 cóng bush
bush; shrub; thicket; collection; cluster; collection of books
How to remember 丛: 从 from + 一 one = bush. The hide-and-seek game starts from the garden gate, and only one kid is clever enough to crawl under the thick bush.
Component breakdown
丛 = 从 from + 一 one
- 从 from
- 人 person
- 人 person
- 一 one
The hide-and-seek game starts from the garden gate, and only one kid is clever enough to crawl under the thick bush.
How it is used
- A cluster or thicket of growing things - 树丛 (shùcóng) a clump of trees, 草丛 (cǎocóng) tall grass, 丛林 (cónglín) jungle.
- By extension a dense collection - 丛书 (cóngshū) a book series.
- Implies many packed close together; 一丛花 a clump of flowers.
Words with 丛
Example sentences
- 伊人在花丛中笑。 Yīrén zài huācóng zhōng xiào.She is smiling in the flowers.