冲

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(of water) to dash against; to mix with water; to infuse; to rinse; to flush; to develop (a film); to rise in the air; to clash; to collide with

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

冫 meaning “water” + 中 sound ( zhōng )

Components 冫中

collide · Heisig RSH #432

中 middle + ice

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
性冲动	xìng chōng dòng	sex drive
冲口而出	chōng kǒu ér chū	to blurt out without thinking (idiom)
对冲基金	duì chōng jī jīn	hedge fund
反冲力	fǎn chōng lì	backlash; recoil; reactive force
光冲量	guāng chōng liàng	radiant exposure
文化冲击	wén huà chōng jī	culture shock
冲天	chōng tiān	(lit. and fig.) to soar; to shoot upwards
冲动	chōng dòng	to have an urge; to be impetuous; impulse; urge
气冲斗牛	qì chōng dǒu niú	see 氣沖牛斗\|气冲牛斗[qi4 chong1 niu2 dou3]
气冲牛斗	qì chōng niú dǒu	(idiom) imposing and powerful; (in modern usage, esp.) extremely angry
冲力	chōng lì	momentum (the force exhibited by a moving body); (fig.) momentum (capacity for progressive…
冲出	chōng chū	to rush out
冲打	chōng dǎ	(of waves, rain etc) to dash against; to batter
冲积平原	chōng jī píng yuán	alluvial plain
路冲	lù chōng	(feng shui) street layout in which the line of a road runs toward a house (as at a T-inter…
林冲	Lín Chōng	Lin Chong, one of the Heroes of the Marsh in Water Margin
反冲	fǎn chōng	recoil (of a gun); to bounce back; backlash
冲击力	chōng jī lì	force of impact or thrust
对冲	duì chōng	hedging (finance)
冲量	chōng liàng	(physics) impulse

Characters sharing the sound component 中 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
中 sound part	zhōng	central; center, middle; amidst; to hit (target), to attain; China; Chinese
虫	chóng	insect, worm; mollusk
种	zhǒng	race, kind, breed; seed; to plant
钟	zhōng	clock; bell
忠	zhōng	loyalty, devotion, fidelity
肿	zhǒng	swelling; swollen; to swell
盅	zhōng	small cup or bowl
忡	chōng	sad, grieving; distressed, uneasy