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峥

zhēng

Character Traditional 崢

What 峥 means

1. used in {峥嵘|zhēng róng}

Words starting with 峥

• 峥嵘zhēng róngtowering; lofty and steep (mountains); extraordinary
• 峥嵘岁月zhēng róng suì yuèeventful years (idiom)

Words containing 峥

• 岁月峥嵘suì yuè zhēng róngeventful years; momentous times
• 头角峥嵘tóu jiǎo zhēng róngpromise of brilliant young person (idiom); showing extraordinary gifts

Characters built on 争

These share the phonetic component 争 (zhēng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 挣zhèngto struggle to get free; to strive to acquire; to make (money)
• 睁zhēngto open (one's eyes)
• 筝zhēngsee 古筝
• 狰zhēngused in 狰狞
• 铮zhēngclang of metals; small gong
• 诤zhèngto admonish; to warn sb of their errors; to criticize frankly

Sounds the same

Read zhēng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 争to strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate
• 征journey; trip; expedition
• 睁to open (one's eyes)
• 蒸to evaporate; (of cooking) to steam; torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old)
• 怔(bound form) startled; terrified; panic-stricken
• 正first month of the lunar year
• 挣used in 挣扎
• 症abdominal tumor; bowel obstruction; (fig.) sticking point
• 铮clang of metals; small gong
• 丁used in 丁丁
• 狰used in 狰狞
• 钲gong used to halt troops