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控

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to control; to accuse; to charge; to sue; to invert a container to empty it; (suffix) (slang) buff; enthusiast; devotee; -phile or -philia

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HSK 3.0
Level 5
Old HSK
Level 5
Strokes
11
Radical
手 +8
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
控
Common rank
#853
Unicode
U+63A7

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Formation & memory

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How 控 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

扌 meaning “hand” + 空 sound ( kōng )

Components 扌 空

How to remember it

control · Heisig RSH #1074

fingers + 空 empty

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 控

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

WordPinyinMeaning
自动控制 zì dòng kòng zhì automatic control
地面控制 dì miàn kòng zhì ground control (of airborne or space operation)
气动控制 qì dòng kòng zhì pneumatic control
中控面板 zhōng kòng miàn bǎn center dash console; central dashboard
核出口控制 hé chū kǒu kòng zhì nuclear export control
分布控制 fēn bù kòng zhì distributed control
实际控制人 shí jì kòng zhì rén (corporations law) actual controller
实控人 shí kòng rén (corporations law) actual controller (abbr. for 實際控制人|实际控制人[shi2 ji4 kong4 zhi4 ren2])
巴控克什米尔 Bā kòng Kè shí mǐ ěr Pakistan administered Kashmir
程控电话 chéng kòng diàn huà automatic telephone exchange
实际控制线 Shí jì Kòng zhì xiàn Line of Actual Control (LAC), separating Indian-controlled territory from Chinese-controll…
控制台 kòng zhì tái control desk; console
微控制器 wēi kòng zhì qì microcontroller unit (MCU)
控球后卫 kòng qiú hòu wèi (basketball) point guard
程控交换机 chéng kòng jiāo huàn jī electronic switching system (telecom.); stored program control exchange (SPC)
正太控 zhèng tài kòng shotacon (Japanese loanword); manga or anime genre depicting young boys in an erotic manne…
控制权 kòng zhì quán control (as in "to win control")
病虫害绿色防控 bìng chóng hài lǜ sè fáng kòng green pest prevention and control; environmentally friendly methods of pest control and pr…
自控 zì kòng automated; automatically regulated; to control oneself; self-control
控制论 kòng zhì lùn cybernetics

Sound family

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

CharacterPinyinMeaning
空 sound part kōng hollow, empty, deserted, bare
腔 qiāng chest cavity; a hollow in the body
倥 kǒng boorish, ignorant; urgent, pressing
崆 kōng the Kongtong mountain
焢 hōng anger, rage; slow-braised pork belly
箜 kōng ancient Chinese harp