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晟

shèng

Character

What 晟 means

1. brightness of sun
2. splendor
3. also pr. chéng

Other readings

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

• Chéngsurname Cheng

Characters built on 成

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

• 城chéngcity walls; city; town
• 诚chéng(bound form) sincere; authentic; (literary) really; truly
• 盛shèngflourishing; vigorous; magnificent
• 铖chéng(used in people's names)

Characters that look like 晟

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

• 虽suīalthough; even though
• 菜càivegetable; greens; dish (of food); (of one's skills etc) weak; poor
• 晨chénmorning; dawn; daybreak
• 巢cháonest
• 聂nièto whisper
• 莴wōused in 莴苣; used in 莴笋

Sounds the same

Read shèng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 剩to remain; to be left; to have as remainder
• 胜victory; success; to beat
• 圣(bound form) peerless (in wisdom, moral virtue, skill etc)…
• 盛flourishing; vigorous; magnificent
• 乘(archaic) four horse military chariot; (archaic) four; generic term for history books
• 嵊used in 嵊泗; used in 嵊州