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铮

zhēng

Character Traditional 錚

What 铮 means

1. clang of metals
2. small gong

Other readings

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

• zhèngshiny; gleaming; Taiwan pr. zhēng

Words starting with 铮

• 铮亮zhèng liàngshiny; gleaming
• 铮铮铁汉zhēng zhēng tiě hàna strong and determined man (idiom)
• 铮铮铁骨zhēng zhēng tiě gǔsee 铁骨铮铮

Words containing 铮

• 铁骨铮铮tiě gǔ zhēng zhēng(idiom) (of character) staunch; unyielding

Characters built on 争

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

• 挣zhèngto struggle to get free; to strive to acquire; to make (money)
• 睁zhēngto open (one's eyes)
• 筝zhēngsee 古筝
• 狰zhēngused in 狰狞
• 峥zhēngused in 峥嵘
• 诤zhèngto admonish; to warn sb of their errors; to criticize frankly

Characters that look like 铮

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

• 稀xīsparse; scattered; rare; uncommon; diluted; thin; watery
• 铸zhùto cast or found metals
• 锌xīnzinc (chemistry)
• 铐kàoshackles; fetters; manacle
• 铎duólarge ancient bell
• 铧huáplowshare; spade

Sounds the same

Read zhēng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 争to strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate
• 征journey; trip; expedition
• 睁to open (one's eyes)
• 蒸to evaporate; (of cooking) to steam; torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old)
• 怔(bound form) startled; terrified; panic-stricken
• 正first month of the lunar year
• 挣used in 挣扎
• 症abdominal tumor; bowel obstruction; (fig.) sticking point
• 丁used in 丁丁
• 狰used in 狰狞
• 钲gong used to halt troops
• 峥used in 峥嵘