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丞

chéng

Character

What 丞 means

1. deputy

Words starting with 丞

• 丞相chéng xiàngthe most senior minister of many kingdoms or dynasties (with varying roles)…

Words containing 丞

• 杨丞琳Yáng Chéng línRainie Yang (1984-), Taiwanese entertainer

Characters that look like 丞

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 连liánto link; to join; to connect
• 医yīmedical; medicine; doctor
• 角jiǎoangle; corner; horn
• 尿niàoto urinate; urine
• 汞gǒngmercury (chemistry)
• 劦lièunending exertion

Sounds the same

Read chéng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 成to succeed; to finish; to complete
• 城city walls; city; town
• 程rule; order; regulations
• 诚(bound form) sincere; authentic; (literary) really; truly
• 承to bear; to carry; to hold
• 乘to ride; to mount; to make use of
• 惩to punish; to reprimand; to warn
• 呈to present to a superior; memorial; petition
• 澄clear; limpid; to clarify
• 橙orange tree; orange (color)
• 盛to hold; to contain; to ladle
• 宬(literary) archive room; library…

Go deeper

• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read chéng correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.