Chinese symbol for “thoroughfare”
冲
chōng
Traditional: 衝
thoroughfare; to go straight ahead; to rush; to clash
The closest CC-CEDICT match for thoroughfare is 冲 (chōng), defined as: thoroughfare; to go straight ahead; to rush; to clash.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “thoroughfare”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 通路 | tōng lù | thoroughfare; passage |
| 衢 | qú | thoroughfare |
| 通途 | tōng tú | thoroughfare |
| 通道 | tōng dào | (communications) channel; thoroughfare |
| 逵 | kuí | crossroads; thoroughfare |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 冲.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 冲突 (衝突) | chōng tū | conflict; to conflict |
| 冲击 (沖擊) | chōng jī | variant of 冲击 (chōng jī) |
| 冲动 (衝動) | chōng dòng | to have an urge; to be impetuous |
| 脉冲 (脈衝) | mài chōng | pulse (physics) |
| 冲破 (衝破) | chōng pò | breakthrough; to overcome an obstacle quickly |
See also: Japanese symbol for “thoroughfare”.
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.