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宬

chéng

Character

What 宬 means

1. literaryarchive room; library (esp. in the imperial palace in the Ming and Qing dynasties)

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)
• 丞deputy
• 盛to hold; to contain; to ladle

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• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read chéng correctly.
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