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囪: chimney | 窗: window

By December 9, 2013January 16th, 2017Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning

 

囪 [囱] cōng

noun
: smoke-hole; chimney; flue

囪 | 窗 chuāng

noun
: window; shutter

Kun Reading

烟出し|けむだし kemudashi

noun
chimney

On Reading

そう sou

窗 | 窓| まど mado

noun
window

 Usage:

囪門[囱门] cong1men2: window; chimney

煙囪[烟囱] yan1cong1: chimney

深海煙囪 shen1hai3 yan1cong1: deep-sea vent; black smoker
窗戶[户] chuang1hu: window
窗外 chuang1wai4: outside [窓外 | そうがい sougai]
窗口 chuang1kou3: window
[窓口 | まどぐち madoguchi: ticket window; teller window; counter | contact person]
窗簾[帘] chuang1lian2: window curtains  [窓掛け | まどかけ madokake: curtains]
[窓枠 | まどわく madowaku: window frame; sash]
窗台 chuang1tai2: window sill/ledge [窓台 | まどだい madotai]
窗扇 chuang1shan4: window; opening panel of a window
視[视]窗 shi4chuang1: window (on a computer screen); Windows (Microsoft OS)
同窗 tong2chuang1: schoolmate
天窗 tian1chuang1: skylight; sunroof [天窓 | てんまど tenmado]
櫥[橱]窗 chu2chuang1: display window
 Etymology:


丿 (pie3 line; radical 4) + 囗 (wei2 erect, proud; upright; bald) + キ = 囪



簡體 Simplified:
囪 cong1 is 囱

Variant of 囪:
窗 chuang1



Historical variant:



象形 Pictographic.
Picture of a house 穴 (xue4: cave; den Radical 116)
window 囱 (cong1: chimney)



Japanese variant:
窗 chuang1 is 窓



 Examples:
有人打破了窗口!
you3ren2 da3po4 le chuang1kou3!
Someone broke the window!

Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary