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樘

chěng

Character

What 樘 means

1. a pillar

Other readings

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

• tángpillar; door post; door or window frame

Sounds the same

Read chěng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 逞to show off; to flaunt; to carry out or succeed in a scheme
• 骋to hasten; to run; to open up
• 悜obscure
• 裎an ancient type of clothing
• 庱surname Cheng; ancient area of modern-day Danyang City, Jiangsu Province
• 𱅒variant of 骋

Go deeper

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