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缯

zēng

Character Traditional 繒

What 缯 means

1. silk fabrics

Other readings

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

• zèngto tie; to bind
• Zēngsurname Zeng

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!
• 甑zèngcauldron; rice pot
• 罾zēnglarge square net

Sounds the same

Read zēng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 增(bound form) to increase; to augment; to add to
• 曾great- (grandfather, grandchild etc)
• 憎to detest
• 矰arrow with a streamer
• 罾large square net
• 橧dwelling on top of wooden stakes
• 鄫surname Zeng; Zhou vassal state; also pr. Céng