Pronunciation family
Chinese characters for “qiong”
16 characters share this plain syllable. Compare tone marks first, then open a character for writing and usage.
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1
First tone
qiōng
2
Second tone
qióng
穷
qióng
邛poor, destitute
7 strokes · HSK 3.0 L5qióng
穹mound
5 strokesqióng
茕vast, lofty, high
8 strokesqióng
筇alone, desolate
8 strokesqióng
琼bamboo staff
11 strokesqióng
蛩jade
12 strokesqióng
煢cricket, locust
12 strokesqióng
睘alone, desolate
13 strokesqióng
跫round
13 strokesqióng
銎the sound of footsteps
13 strokesqióng
窮an axe's eyehole
14 strokesqióng
璚poor, destitute
15 strokesqióng
瓊splendid
16 strokesqióng
藭jade
19 strokesqióng
Sichuan lovage rhizome
19 strokesSound in context
Words using this pronunciation family
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穷qióng
poor
层出不穷céngchū-bùqióngmore and more emerge
贫穷pínqióngpoor
无穷wúqióngendless
无穷无尽wú qióng wú jìnendless
不穷bù qióngendless
仙山琼阁xiān shān qióng géjeweled palace in the fairy mountain
受穷shòu qióngpoor
哭穷kū qióngto bewail one's poverty
图穷匕见tú qióng bǐ xiànlit. the assassin's dagger, concealed in a map scroll, is suddenly revealed when the map is unrolled