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Chinese symbol for “flocking”

一拥而上
yī yōng ér shàng
Traditional: 一擁而上
to swarm around; flocking (to see)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for flocking is 一拥而上 (yī yōng ér shàng), defined as: to swarm around; flocking (to see).

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Characters and stroke order

一 yī
one; a, an; alone
radical 1 ⼀ · 1 strokes
拥 yōng
to have, to hold; to embrace, to hug; to flock, to throng
radical 64 ⼿ · 8 strokes
而 ér
and, and then, and yet; but
radical 126 ⽽ · 6 strokes
上 shàng
above, on top, superior; to go up; to attend; previous
radical 1 ⼀ · 3 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 一拥而上.

WordPinyinMeaning
一个 (一個)yī gea; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
一些yī xiēsome; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er
一样 (一樣)yī yàngsame; like
一定yī dìngsurely; certainly; definitely; fixed; settled
一起yī qǐ(in) the same place; together; in company (with)
一直yī zhístraight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through
拥有 (擁有)yōng yǒuto have; to possess; to own
拥抱 (擁抱)yōng bàoto embrace; to hug
而且ér qiě(not only ...) but also; moreover; in addition; furthermore
以上yǐ shàngthat level or higher; that amount or more; the above-mentioned

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.