# 叢

| 叢 | U+53E2, &#21474; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53E2 |
| ← 叡 [U+53E1] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 口 → [U+53E3] |

## Translingual
### Han character

叢 (Kangxi radical 29, 又+16, 18 strokes, cangjie input 廿金廿水 (TCTE), four-corner 3214$_7$, composition ⿱丵取)

#### Derived characters

* 欉 灇 爜 䕺 𡅇 𢹸 𦇱 𫌘

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 167, character 12
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3220
* Dae Jaweon: page 379, character 8
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 402, character 15
* Unihan data for U+53E2

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 叢 :
| Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Qin slip script | Small seal script |
| | Old Chinese |
| 陬 | *ʔsloː, *ʔsru, *ʔslo |
| 棷 | *ʔsloː, *sʰloːʔ, *sloːʔ, *ʔsru |
| 掫 | *ʔsloː, *ʔsruʔ, *ʔslo |
| 緅 | *ʔsloː, *ʔsru, *slos |
| 趣 | *sʰloːʔ, *sʰlos |
| 取 | *sʰloːʔ, *sʰloʔ |
| 鯫 | *zloː, *zloːʔ, *sʰlo |
| 棸 | *rlu, *rluʔ, *ʔsru |
| 鄹 | *ʔsru, *zloʔ, *ljoːnʔ |
| 郰 | *ʔsru |
| 齱 | *ʔsru, *sʰroːɡ |
| 菆 | *ʔsru, *sʰros, *zloːn |
| 箃 | *ʔsru |
| 黀 | *ʔsru |
| 驟 | *zrus |
| 最 | *zloːds |
| 襊 | *sʰoːds, *sʰoːd |
| 蕞 | *zoːds |
| 嘬 | *sʰroːds |
| 諏 | *ʔslo |
| 娵 | *ʔslo |
| 娶 | *sʰloʔ, *sʰlos, *slo |
| 聚 | *zloʔ, *zlos |
| 埾 | *zlos |
| 藂 | *zloːŋ |
| 叢 | *zloːŋ |
| 繓 | *ʔsoːd |
| 撮 | *ʔsoːd, *sʰoːd |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *zloːŋ): semantic 丵 + phonetic 取 (OC *sʰloːʔ, *sʰloʔ).

### Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *C-tsəw-k/ŋ (“to collect; to gather; to assemble”). Cognate with 聚 (OC *zloʔ, *zlos, “to collect; to store”), 族 (OC *zoːɡ, “clan”), 最 (OC *zloːds, “to collect; most”), 稯 (OC *ʔsoːŋ, “sheaf; bundle”) (Schuessler, 2007).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): cóng, cōng (cong$^2$, cong$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄥˊ, ㄘㄨㄥ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): cung$^4$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): tuung$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chhùng
    (Meixian, Guangdong): cung$^2$
* Northern Min (KCR): co̤̿ng
* Eastern Min (BUC): cùng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chông / châng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): zang$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$zon
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, standard)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: cóng
*** Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄥˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cóng
*** Wade–Giles: tsʻung$^2$
*** Yale: tsúng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsorng
*** Palladius: цун (cun)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰʊŋ³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, variant)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: cōng
*** Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄥ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cong
*** Wade–Giles: tsʻung$^1$
*** Yale: tsūng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsong
*** Palladius: цун (cun)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: cung$^4$
*** Yale: chùhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsung$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: cung$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰʊŋ²¹/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: tuung$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɵŋ²²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhùng
*** Hakka Romanization System: cung$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: cung$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰuŋ¹¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: cung$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰʊŋ¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: co̤̿ng
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɔŋ³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: cùng
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡suŋ⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chông / châng
*** Tâi-lô: tsông / tsâng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zoong, zaang
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sɔŋ²⁴/, /t͡saŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔŋ²⁴/, /t͡saŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔŋ¹³/, /t͡saŋ¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sɔŋ²⁴/, /t͡saŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɔŋ²³/, /t͡saŋ²³/
* chông - literary;
* châng - vernacular (classifier for trees).
* Middle Chinese: dzuwng
Rime :
| Character | 叢 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 從 (15) |
| Final (韻) | 東 (1) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 徂紅切 |
| Baxter | dzuwng |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /d͡zuŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /d͡zuŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /d͡zuŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /d͡zəwŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /d͡zuŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /d͡zuŋ/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /d͡zʱuŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | cóng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | cung$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*dzˤoŋ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*zloːŋ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 叢 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | cóng |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ dzuwng › |
| Old Chinese | /*dzˁoŋ/ |
| English | collect; thicket |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 叢 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 10668 |
| Phonetic component | 取 |
| Rime group | 東 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 叢 |
| Old Chinese | /*zloːŋ/ |

### Definitions

叢
* to collect; to gather; to assemble; to crowd together
* bush; shrub; thicket; grove
* collection; crowd
* (Northern Min, Southern Min) Classifier for plants.
    一叢樹／一丛树 [Hokkien] ― chi̍t châng chhiū [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― a tree
* (Hokkien) Classifier for long objects.
* a surname

#### Synonyms

* (classifier for plants):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 本, 株 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 棵, 株 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 棵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 棵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 棵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 棵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 棵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 棵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 棵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 棵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 棵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 棵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 棵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 棵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 棵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 棵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 棵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 棵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 棵 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 棵 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 棵 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 棵 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 棵 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 棵 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 棵 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 棵 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 棵 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 棵 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 棵 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 棵 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 棵 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 棵 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 棵 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 棵 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 棵 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 棵 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 棵 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 棵 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 棵 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 棵 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 棵 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 個, 棵 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 個 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 棵 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 棵 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 棵 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 棵 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 個 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 棵 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 棵 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 棵 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 棵 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 棵 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 棵 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 根, 窩, 棵 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 窩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 根 trees, 蔸 cabbage |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 窩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 窩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 窩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 根 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 棵 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 棵 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 棵 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 棵 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 棵 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 棵 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 棵, 窩 trees |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 蔸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 棵 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 棵 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 棵 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 棵 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 蔸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 蔸, 樖 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Fujian) | 蔸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 蔸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 蔸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 棵 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 棵 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 棵 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 棵 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 棵 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 棵 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 棵 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 棵 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 棵 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 棵 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 樖, 蔸 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 樖, 蔸 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 蔸, 樖 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 蔸 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 蔸 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 蔸 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 蔸 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 蔸 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 蔸 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 蔸 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 蔸 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 蔸 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 蔸 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) | 蔸 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 蔸 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 條 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 蔸 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 蔸 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 棵 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 樖, 蔸 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 樖, 蔸 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 條 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Mengshan (Xihe) | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Beiliu (Tangliao) | 蔸 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Bobai | 蔸 |
| Cantonese | Lingshan | 蔸 |
| Cantonese | Pubei | 蔸 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 蔸 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 蔸 |
| Cantonese | Ningming | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Hengzhou | 蔸 |
| Cantonese | Hezhou (Pumen, Babu) | 棵 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 樖 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 樖 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 蔸, 棵 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 頭, 棵 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 隻, 蔸 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 條, 墩 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 條, 頭, 樖 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 蔸 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 樖 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 樖 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 樖 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 樖 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 條 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 條 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 條 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 條 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 堆 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 鬥 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 樖 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 根 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 蔸 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 樖 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 頭 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 堆 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 支 |
| Hakka | Changting | 蔸 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 頭 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 頭 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 頭 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 蔸, 叢 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 頭 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 頭 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 頭 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 頭 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 頭 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 頭 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 蔸 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 蔸 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 蔸 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 頭 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 頭 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 頭 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 頭 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 頭 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 頭 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 樖 |
| Hakka | Yangxi (Tangkou) | 蔸 |
| Hakka | Yangchun (Sanjia) | 蔸 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Sihe) | 樖 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Qianpai) | 樖 |
| Hakka | Gaozhou (Xindong) | 條 |
| Hakka | Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 頭 |
| Hakka | Huazhou (Xin'an) | 條 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Shijiao) | 條 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Qingping) | 條 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 樖 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 樖 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 條 |
| Hakka | Beiliu (Tang'an) | 條 |
| Hakka | Mashan (Pianlian) | 條 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 樖 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 樖 |
| Hakka | Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) | 頭 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 頭 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 棵 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 棵 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 朳, 棵 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 朳 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 棵 |
| Jin | Datong | 棵 trees, 苗 cabbage |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 蔔 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 棵 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 棵 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 棵 |
| Jin | Linhe | 苗 |
| Jin | Jining | 棵, 苗 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 棵, 卜 |
| Jin | Baotou | 棵 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 苗 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 棵 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 苗 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 棵 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 棵 |
| Jin | Handan | 棵 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 棵 |
| Jin | Suide | 棵 cabbage, 卜 trees |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 叢 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 蔸 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 叢 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 叢 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 枝 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 叢, 枝 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 叢 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 叢 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 蔸 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 蔸 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 蔸 |
| Eastern Min | Pingtan | 蔸 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 蔸 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 蔸 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 蔸 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 蔸 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 蔸, 蓬 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 蔸 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 蔸 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 叢 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 叢 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 叢 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 叢 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 叢 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 叢 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 叢 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 叢 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 叢 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 叢 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 叢 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 叢 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 叢 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 叢 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 叢 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 叢 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 叢 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 叢 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 叢 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 頭 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 叢 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 蔸 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 樖 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 叢 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 叢 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 叢, 蔸 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 叢 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 叢 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 叢 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 叢 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 蔸 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 蔸 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 蔸 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 蔸 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 蔸 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 蔸 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 蔸 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 叢 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Sanyuan) | 叢 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Shaxian) | 叢 |
| Shaojiang Min | Shaowu | 叢 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 樖 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 樖 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 樖, 蔸 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 蔸, 樖 |
| Shehua | Fu'an | 蔸 |
| Shehua | Fuding | 蔸 |
| Shehua | Luoyuan | 蔸 |
| Shehua | Sanming | 蔸 |
| Shehua | Shunchang | 蔸 |
| Shehua | Hua'an | 蔸 |
| Shehua | Guixi (Zhangping) | 蔸 |
| Shehua | Cangnan | 蔸 |
| Shehua | Jingning (Hexi) | 蔸 |
| Shehua | Lishui | 蔸 |
| Shehua | Longyou | 蔸 |
| Shehua | Fengshun | 蔸 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 棵 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 棵 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 棵 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 棵 |
| Wu | Danyang | 棵 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 棵 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 棵, 株 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 株 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 根 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 棵, 隻 |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | 線 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 蔸 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 隻 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 棵 |
* (classifier for long objects):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 把 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 把 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 把 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 把 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 把 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 把 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 把 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 把 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 把 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 把 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 把 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 把 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 把 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 把 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 把 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 把 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 把 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 把 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 把 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 把 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 把 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 把 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 把, 張 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 把, 張 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 柄, 把 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 張 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 把 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 把 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 張 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 張 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 張 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 張 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 張 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 張 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 張 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 張 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 張 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 張 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 張 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 張 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 張 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 張 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 張 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 張 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 張 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 張 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 張 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 張 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 張 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 張 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 張 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 張 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 張 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 張 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 把 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) | 張 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 張 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 張, 把 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 張 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 把 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 張 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 張 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 張 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 張 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 支, 把 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 張 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 張 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 張 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 把 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 張 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 張 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 張 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 把 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 把 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 把 |
| Cantonese | Mengshan (Xihe) | 把 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Nanjiang) | 張 |
| Cantonese | Beiliu (Tangliao) | 把 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 把 |
| Cantonese | Bobai | 張 |
| Cantonese | Lingshan | 把 |
| Cantonese | Pubei | 把 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 把 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 把 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 把 |
| Cantonese | Ningming | 把 |
| Cantonese | Hengzhou | 把 |
| Cantonese | Hezhou (Pumen, Babu) | 張 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 把 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 把 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 把 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 把 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 把 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 把 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 把 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 張 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 把 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 張 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 張 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 張 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 把 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 把 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 張 |
| Hakka | Beiliu (Tang'an) | 張 |
| Hakka | Mashan (Pianlian) | 把 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 把 |
| Hakka | Singapore (Meixian) | 張, 把 |
| Hakka | Singapore (Dabu) | 把 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 把 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 把 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 把 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 把 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 把 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 叢, 支 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 叢, 支 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 支 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 支 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 叢 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 支 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 支 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 支 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 支 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 把 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 支 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 支 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 支 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 支 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 把 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 把 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 張, 把 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 張 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 把 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 把 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 把 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 把 |
| Wu | Danyang | 把 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 把 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 把 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 把 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 把 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 把 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 把 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 把 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 把 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 支 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 根兒, 顆, 支 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 根 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 顆, 根兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 根兒, 支 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 杆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 根 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 根, 支 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 根 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 支 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 支, 飛 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 支 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 根 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 支 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 根, 支 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 支, 筒 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 條 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 支, 叢 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 支 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 支 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 根, 支 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 支 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 根 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 根 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 支, 桿 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 支 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 支 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 支 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 支 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 支 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 支 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 支 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 支 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 支 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 支 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 支 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 支 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 支 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 支 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 支 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 支 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 支 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 支 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 支 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 支 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 支 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 支 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 支 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 支 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 支 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 支 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 支 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 桿 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 桿 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 支 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 支 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 把 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 把 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 把 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 把 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 把 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 支 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 把 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 支 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 支 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 支 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 支, 叢 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 支, 叢 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 支, 叢 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 支 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 支 |
| Note | 支 is also written as 枝 | 支 is also written as 枝 |

### Compounds

* 並頭叢 / 并头丛
* 人叢 / 人丛 (réncóng)
* 刀叢 / 刀丛
* 叢倒 / 丛倒
* 叢倚 / 丛倚
* 叢冗 / 丛冗
* 叢冢 / 丛冢 (cóngzhǒng)
* 叢刊 / 丛刊 (cóngkān)
* 叢刻 / 丛刻
* 叢劇 / 丛剧
* 叢叢 / 丛丛
* 叢報 / 丛报
* 叢塗 / 丛涂
* 叢塊根 / 丛块根
* 叢夥 / 丛伙
* 叢委 / 丛委
* 叢密 / 丛密
* 叢射 / 丛射
* 叢山峻嶺 / 丛山峻岭
* 叢巧 / 丛巧
* 叢帖 / 丛帖
* 叢龐 / 丛庞
* 叢怨 / 丛怨
* 叢悴 / 丛悴
* 叢悲 / 丛悲
* 叢惡 / 丛恶
* 叢戰 / 丛战
* 叢手 / 丛手
* 叢擁 / 丛拥
* 叢攢 / 丛攒
* 叢書 / 丛书 (cóngshū)
* 叢曹劇部 / 丛曹剧部
* 叢木 / 丛木
* 叢林 / 丛林 (cónglín)
* 叢植 / 丛植
* 叢棘 / 丛棘
* 叢殘 / 丛残
* 叢殘小語 / 丛残小语
* 叢毛 / 丛毛
* 叢沓 / 丛沓
* 叢泊 / 丛泊
* 叢湊 / 丛凑
* 叢滋 / 丛滋
* 叢灌 / 丛灌
* 叢然 / 丛然
* 叢煩 / 丛烦
* 叢物 / 丛物
* 叢猥 / 丛猥
* 叢玉 / 丛玉
* 叢瑣 / 丛琐
* 叢生 / 丛生 (cóngshēng)
* 叢生葉 / 丛生叶
* 叢社 / 丛社
* 叢祠 / 丛祠
* 叢穢 / 丛秽
* 叢箐 / 丛箐
* 叢箭 / 丛箭
* 叢篁 / 丛篁
* 叢篠 / 丛筱
* 叢簇 / 丛簇
* 叢糅 / 丛糅
* 叢細 / 丛细
* 叢緻 / 丛致
* 叢繁 / 丛繁
* 叢繆 / 丛缪
* 叢翳 / 丛翳
* 叢聚 / 丛聚
* 叢育 / 丛育
* 叢脞 / 丛脞 (cóngcuǒ)
* 叢臺 / 丛台 (Cóngtái)
* 叢芳 / 丛芳
* 叢芮 / 丛芮
* 叢茂 / 丛茂
* 叢莽 / 丛莽 (cóngmǎng)
* 叢萃 / 丛萃
* 叢菅 / 丛菅
* 叢葆 / 丛葆
* 叢葬 / 丛葬
* 叢蓍 / 丛蓍
* 叢蔚 / 丛蔚
* 叢蕪 / 丛芜
* 叢薄 / 丛薄
* 叢薈 / 丛荟
* 叢蘭 / 丛兰
* 叢談 / 丛谈
* 叢豔 / 丛艳
* 叢輕折軸 / 丛轻折轴
* 叢辰 / 丛辰
* 叢遽 / 丛遽
* 叢重 / 丛重
* 叢錯 / 丛错
* 叢雀淵魚 / 丛雀渊鱼
* 叢集 / 丛集 (cóngjí)
* 叢雜 / 丛杂 (cóngzá)
* 叢雨 / 丛雨
* 叢雲 / 丛云
* 叢霄 / 丛霄
* 叢顇 / 丛悴
* 叢駢 / 丛骈
* 孔叢子 / 孔丛子 (Kǒngcóngzǐ)
* 密叢叢 / 密丛丛
* 密密叢叢 / 密密丛丛
* 巑叢 / 𰏁丛
* 幽叢 / 幽丛
* 拔叢 / 拔丛
* 拔叢出類 / 拔丛出类
* 攢叢 / 攒丛
* 新民叢報 / 新民丛报
* 春叢 / 春丛
* 林叢 / 林丛 (líncóng)
* 枯叢 / 枯丛
* 柳陌花叢 / 柳陌花丛
* 桂叢 / 桂丛
* 棘叢 / 棘丛
* 榛叢 / 榛丛
* 樹叢 / 树丛 (shùcóng)
* 水泥叢林 / 水泥丛林 (shuǐní cónglín)
* 深叢 / 深丛
* 淵魚叢爵 / 渊鱼丛爵
* 灌叢 / 灌丛
* 為叢敺雀 / 为丛驱雀 (wèicóngqūquè)
* 為叢驅雀 / 为丛驱雀 (wèicóngqūquè)
* 玉叢 / 玉丛
* 珍叢 / 珍丛
* 百弊叢生 / 百弊丛生
* 百病叢生 / 百病丛生
* 神叢 / 神丛
* 窠叢 / 窠丛
* 笙叢 / 笙丛
* 籍叢 / 籍丛
* 籠叢 / 笼丛
* 綠叢 / 绿丛
* 綺羅叢 / 绮罗丛
* 芳叢 / 芳丛
* 花叢 / 花丛 (huācóng)
* 花柳叢 / 花柳丛
* 草叢 / 草丛 (cǎocóng)
* 蟠青叢翠 / 蟠青丛翠
* 蠶叢 / 蚕丛
* 蠹叢 / 蠹丛
* 蠶叢路 / 蚕丛路
* 蠶叢鳥道 / 蚕丛鸟道
* 談叢 / 谈丛
* 諸務叢脞 / 诸务丛脞
* 豔叢 / 艳丛
* 連叢 / 连丛
* 野草叢生 / 野草丛生
* 雜草叢生 / 杂草丛生
* 霜叢 / 霜丛
* 青叢 / 青丛
* 髻叢 / 髻丛
* 鬧叢叢 / 闹丛丛
* 鬱叢叢 / 郁丛丛
* 黑叢叢 / 黑丛丛

### References

* “叢”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00479

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

#### Readings

* Go-on: ず (zu)
* Kan-on: そう (sō)
* Kan’yō-on: ぞう (zō)
* Kun: くさむら (kusamura, 叢)、むらがる (muragaru, 叢がる)、むら (mura, 叢)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 叢
* くさむら Jinmeiyō
* kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 叢 – see the following entry. :
| 【くさむら】 | [noun] clump of bushes, thicket Alternative spellings 草叢, 草むら |
(This term, 叢, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 叢
* むら Jinmeiyō
* kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 叢 – see the following entry. :
| 【むら】 | [noun] 群, 叢, 簇: gathering, grouping [affix] 群, 叢, 簇: gathering, grouping Alternative spellings 群, 簇 |
(This term, 叢, is an alternative spelling (uncommon) of the above term.) :

## Korean
### Hanja

叢 (eum 총 (chong))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

叢: Hán Nôm readings: tòng, tùng
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