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裎

chéng

Character

What 裎 means

1. to take off one's clothes
2. naked

Other readings

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

• chěngan ancient type of clothing

Words containing 裎

• 裸裎luǒ chéngto become naked; to undress; to expose (one's body)

Characters built on 呈

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

• 程chéngrule; order; regulations
• 逞chěngto show off; to flaunt; to carry out or succeed in a scheme
• 锃zèngpolished; shiny
• 埕chéngearthen jar
• 酲chéng(literary) inebriated; hungover

Sounds the same

Read chéng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 成to succeed; to finish; to complete
• 城city walls; city; town
• 程rule; order; regulations
• 诚(bound form) sincere; authentic; (literary) really; truly
• 承to bear; to carry; to hold
• 乘to ride; to mount; to make use of
• 惩to punish; to reprimand; to warn
• 呈to present to a superior; memorial; petition
• 澄clear; limpid; to clarify
• 橙orange tree; orange (color)
• 丞deputy
• 盛to hold; to contain; to ladle