聪 — Chinese character
聪
cōng
sharp (of sight and hearing); intelligent, clever, bright
- Pinyin
- cōng
- Radical
- 128 ⽿ (Ear)
- Strokes
- 15
- Components
- 耳 总
- Formation
- pictophonetic — ear; meaning component 耳; sound component 总
- Traditional
- 聰
Common words with 聪
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 聪明 (聰明) | cōng ming | intelligent; clever; bright; acute (of sight and hearing) |
| 聪慧 (聰慧) | cōng huì | bright; intelligent |
| 聪明才智 (聰明才智) | cōng ming cái zhì | intelligence and ability |
| 小聪明 (小聰明) | xiǎo cōng ming | clever-clever; clever in trivial matters |
| 聪颖 (聰穎) | cōng yǐng | smart; intelligent |
| 自作聪明 (自作聰明) | zì zuò cōng míng | (idiom) to think oneself clever |
| 聪敏 (聰敏) | cōng mǐn | bright; sharp; quick-witted |
| 失聪 (失聰) | shī cōng | to go deaf; to lose one's hearing; deafness; hearing loss |
| 聪明伶俐 (聰明伶俐) | cōng ming líng lì | (idiom) bright; clever; quick-witted |
| 耳聪目明 (耳聰目明) | ěr cōng mù míng | sharp ears and keen eyes (idiom); keen and alert |
| 聪明绝顶 (聰明絕頂) | cōng ming jué dǐng | exceptionally intelligent; brilliant |
| 绝顶聪明 (絕頂聰明) | jué dǐng cōng ming | highly intelligent; brilliant |
English words written with 聪
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.