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控
kòng
1. to control
2. to accuse
3. to charge
4. to sue
5. to invert a container to empty it
6. (suffix) (slang) buff
7. enthusiast
8. devotee
9. -phile or -philia
Very Common • Top 2% ✏️ 11 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

控
kòng
to accuse, to charge; to control; to sue
HSK 5 11 丶

Compound Words (20)

失控
shīkòng
to go out of control
专控
zhuānkòng
exclusive control
手控
shǒukòng
manual control
指控
zhǐkòng
accusation
掌控
zhǎngkòng
to control
控件
kòngjiàn
a control (e.g. button, text box etc) (computing)
控制
kòngzhì
control
HSK 5
控告
kònggào
to accuse
控罪
kòngzuì
criminal charge
控股
kònggǔ
to own a controlling number of shares in a company
控规
kòngguī
regulatory plan
控诉
kòngsù
to accuse
控辩
kòngbiàn
the prosecution and the defense (law)
操控
cāokòng
to control
检控
jiǎnkòng
to prosecute (criminal)
测控
cèkòng
measurement and control
监控
jiānkòng
to monitor
程控
chéngkòng
programmed
管控
guǎnkòng
to control
自控
zìkòng
automatic control

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
779
Word Frequency Rank
1,701 of 84,292

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