憧 chōng indecisive
indecisive; irresolute; to yearn for
怎么记住“憧”: 忄 heart + 童 child = indecisive. In the toy shop, the child holds a dinosaur in one hand and a train in the other, her heart torn, still indecisive.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
憧 = 忄 heart + 童 child
- 忄 heart meaning
- 童 child sound
- 立 stand
- 里 in
- 日 sun
- 土 earth
In the toy shop, the child holds a dinosaur in one hand and a train in the other, her heart torn, still indecisive.
How it came to be
The small seal form sets the heart beside the child, which gives the sound.
用法
- Bound; only in 憧憬 (chōngjǐng), to yearn for / long for a hoped-for future: 对未来充满憧憬 (duì wèilái chōngmǎn chōngjǐng) full of hopeful longing for the future.
- 憧憬 is dreamy and forward-looking, unlike 怀念 (huáiniàn) which looks back.