冋 (jiōng) - a wilderness & a borderland

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jiōng ｜ 5 strokes ｜ radical: 冂

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冋 · jiōng

a wilderness;

a borderland;

distant;

remote;

archaic form of 坰 (jiōng).

a wildernessa borderlanddistant

Usage highlights

remote wildernessbeyond the borderarchaic variant of 坰distant place

Synonyms

  • 坰— wilderness; outskirts (modern variant)
  • 野— wild; field; open country

Antonyms

  • 城— city; walled city
  • 内— inside; interior

Usage & contexts

Examples

  • The ancient text describes a remote wilderness (冋野).
  • This character is an archaic variant of 坰 (jiōng).
  • In historical contexts, it referred to border regions (冋外).

Collocations

  • remote wilderness(冋野)
  • beyond the border(冋外)
  • archaic variant of 坰(冋 as 坰)
  • distant place(冋地)

Cultural background

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  • An ancient character found in classical texts like the 'Book of Songs'.
  • Originally depicted a wild, open space outside city walls or borders.
  • Rarely used in modern Chinese, primarily of historical and philological interest.

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