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徜

cháng

Character

What 徜 means

1. sit cross-legged
2. walk back and forth

Words starting with 徜

• 徜徉cháng yángto wander about unhurriedly; to linger; to loiter

Characters built on 尚

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

• 敞chǎngopen to the view of all; spacious; to open wide
• 躺tǎngto recline; to lie down
• 倘tǎngif; supposing; in case
• 趟tàngclassifier for times, round trips or rows; a time; a trip
• 淌tǎngto drip; to trickle; to shed (tears)
• 惝chǎngdisappointed; listless; frightened
• 绱shàngto sole a shoe

Characters that look like 徜

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

• 辆liàngclassifier for vehicles
• 振zhènto shake; to flap; to vibrate
• 胸xiōngchest; bosom; heart
• 锅guōpot; pan; wok; cauldron; pot-shaped thing
• 猕míused in 猕猴
• 胭yānrouge

Sounds the same

Read cháng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 长long; (bound form) length; (bound form) strong point; forte
• 常always; ever; often
• 尝to taste; to try (food); to experience; (literary) ever; once
• 偿to repay; to compensate for; to recompense
• 肠intestines
• 倘used in 倘佯
• 裳lower garment; skirts; petticoats
• 苌plant mentioned in Book of Songs, uncertainly identified as carambola or star fruit…
• 场threshing floor; classifier for events and happenings: spell, episode, bout
• 嫦used in 嫦娥; used in female given names
• 镸"long" or "to grow" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 168)
• 鲿Bagridae (catfish family)