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岑

cén

Character

What 岑 means

1. small hill

Other readings

岑 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Cénsurname Cen

Words starting with 岑

• 岑彭Cén PéngCen Peng (died 35 AD), Chinese general
• 岑溪市Cén xī ShìCenxi, a county-level city in Wuzhou City 梧州市
• 岑巩县Cén gǒng XiànCengong, a county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture 黔东南苗族侗族自治州
• 岑溪Cén xīsee 岑溪市
• 岑巩Cén gǒngsee 岑巩县

Words containing 岑

• 春岑Chūn cénHill of Spring (derivation of Tel Aviv 特拉维夫 from the book of Ezekiel 以西结书)

Characters that look like 岑

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

• 享xiǎngto enjoy; to benefit; to have the use of
• 弃qìto abandon; to relinquish; to discard
• 苹píng(artemisia); duckweed
• 牟móubarley; to moo; to seek or obtain
• 昇shēng(used as a surname and in given names)
• 苓língfungus; tuber

Sounds the same

Read cén, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 涔overflow; rainwater; tearful