樷 (cóng) - Thicket, grove — refers to a dense growth & also used to mean a collection or gathering

樷Tone 2

cóng ｜ 16 strokes ｜ radical:

橙丁

樷 · cóng

Thicket, grove — refers to a dense growth of trees or bushes;

also used to mean a collection or gathering of things.

Thicket, grove — refers to a dense growthalso used to mean a collection or gathering

Usage highlights

ThicketGroveBamboo thicketDense growthGathering of peopleCollection of things

Synonyms

  • 丛— thicket, cluster, collection
  • 林— forest, woods
  • 聚— gather, assemble

Antonyms

  • 散— scatter, disperse
  • 疏— sparse, thin

Usage & contexts

Examples

  • We walked through a dense thicket (樷林).
  • The birds nested in the grove (树樷).
  • There was a gathering of scholars (文人樷集).
  • The bamboo thicket was very dense (竹樷).

Collocations

  • Thicket(樷林)
  • Grove(树樷)
  • Bamboo thicket(竹樷)
  • Dense growth(密樷)
  • Gathering of people(人樷)
  • Collection of things(物樷)

Idioms

  • Gathering in the grove(樷林聚会)
  • Thicket of bamboo(樷竹幽深)
  • Assembly of talents(才子樷集)

Cultural background

FAQ
  • 樷 represents natural abundance and density in vegetation.
  • In classical contexts, it can metaphorically represent gatherings of people or collections of objects.
  • The character is relatively rare in modern usage, often replaced by the more common 丛.

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