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甑

zèng

Character

What 甑 means

1. cauldron
2. rice pot

Characters built on 曾

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

• 增zēng(bound form) to increase; to augment; to add to
• 赠zèngto give as a present; to repel; to bestow an honorary title after death (old)
• 憎zēngto detest
• 僧sēng(bound form) Buddhist monk (abbr. for 僧伽
• 蹭cèngto rub against; to walk slowly; (colloquial) to freeload
• 噌cēngto scold; whoosh!
• 缯zēngsilk fabrics
• 罾zēnglarge square net

Sounds the same

Read zèng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 赠to give as a present; to repel; to bestow an honorary title after death (old)
• 综heddle; Taiwan pr. zòng
• 锃polished; shiny
• 缯to tie; to bind