Keyword
clever
- sharp (of sight and hearing)
- intelligent
- bright
- Frequency
- #1785
- Strokes
- 15
Readings
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Mnemonic
耳 (ear) gives the meaning and 总 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
聪明
intelligent; clever; bright; acute (of sight and hearing)
聪
(literary) acute (of hearing); (bound form) clever; intelligent; sharp
聪慧
bright; intelligent
聪明才智
intelligence and ability
小聪明
clever-clever; clever in trivial matters; sharp but petty-minded
聪颖
smart; intelligent
自作聪明
(idiom) to think oneself clever
聪敏
bright; sharp; quick-witted
失聪
to go deaf; to lose one's hearing; deafness; hearing loss
聪明伶俐
(idiom) bright; clever; quick-witted
聪明反被聪明误
(idiom) a clever person may become the victim of his own ingenuity; cleverness may overreach itself; too smart for one's own good
耳聪目明
sharp ears and keen eyes (idiom); keen and alert; perceptive
聪明绝顶
exceptionally intelligent; brilliant
绝顶聪明
highly intelligent; brilliant
冰雪聪明
(idiom) exceptionally intelligent