聪 Stroke Order — How to Write 聪

Stroke Order

聪 is written in 15 strokes, following the standard Chinese stroke order. Start from the radical 耳, then complete the remaining strokes.

Stroke order matters in Chinese: it keeps the character balanced, and it is how dictionaries and handwriting input methods expect a character to be written.

聪 Radical and Character Components

Components:耳总

聪 is a phono-semantic compound: 耳 (ear) carries the meaning, while 总 indicates the sound.

Radical: 耳 + 9 more strokes

聪 Pronunciation and Pinyin

cōng

Meanings of 聪 in Chinese

cōng聪

Relates to hearing, often in the context of hearing ability or impairment, as in '失聪' (hearing loss/deafness).

长时间接触高分贝噪音会损害听聪，甚至导致失聪。

Prolonged exposure to high-decibel noise can damage hearing, even leading to deafness.

Acute hearing; perceptive, especially referring to the ears.

爷爷虽然年纪大了，但依然耳聪目明，精神矍铄。

Although grandpa is old, he is still keen of sight and hearing, and full of vigor.

Intelligent; clever; quick-witted.

她是一个非常聪颖的学生，总是能快速理解新知识。

She is a very intelligent student, always able to quickly grasp new knowledge.

Common Words and Phrases with 聪

cōng聪huì慧

bright and intelligent

她从小就展现出非凡的聪慧，学什么都很快。

She displayed extraordinary intelligence from a young age, picking up everything very quickly.

cōng聪mǐn敏

clever and quick-witted; intelligent and quick-minded

她天生聪敏，学习新事物总是很快。

She is naturally intelligent and always learns new things quickly.

cōng聪míng明

Intelligent; clever; smart; quick-witted; wise; acute (of senses).

她是一个非常聪明的女孩，学习新知识总是很快。

She is a very intelligent girl; she always learns new things quickly.

cōng聪míng明fǎn反bèi被cōng聪míng明wù误

Cleverness may overreach itself; clever people may be dupes of their own cleverness.

小王以为自己能瞒天过海，通过一系列小聪明来占便宜，结果反而被公司发现，不仅没捞到好处，还丢了工作，真是聪明反被聪明误

Little Wang thought he could get away with it and gain advantages through a series of petty tricks, but instead, the company found out. Not only did he not gain any benefits, but he also lost his job. It truly was a case of being too clever for his own good.

cōng聪yǐng颖

intelligent; sharp-witted