叢

• Concrete: A thicket, shrubbery, or clump of vegetation; denotes a mass of growth rather than a single plant. May imply abundance/lushness or a place of concealment.

// Abstract: A collection, series, or compilation (e.g., bibliographic collections as in //congshu* 叢書).

• Noun: Used for a physical thicket or a curated anthology.
• Modifier: Indicates that something is dense, clustered, intertwined, or manifold/multifaceted.

Contrast with 簇 (cù): while both refer to clusters, 叢 typically suggests an organic, sprawling, or tangled density, whereas 簇 tends to imply a more concentrated gathering around a central point.

• Semantic variant: U+6A37
• Simplified variant: U+4E1B

// Readings: Fanqie 徂紅; Tang-period //dzhung.