层 — Chinese character
层
céng
layer, floor, story, stratum
- Pinyin
- céng
- Radical
- 44 ⼫ (Corpse)
- Strokes
- 7
- Components
- 尸 云
- Formation
- ideographic — Simplified form of 層; 曾 provides the pronunciation
- Traditional
- 層
Common words with 层
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 基层 (基層) | jī céng | basic level; grassroots unit |
| 层面 (層面) | céng miàn | aspect; facet; level (political, psychological, spiritual etc) |
| 高层 (高層) | gāo céng | high-rise; high level; high class |
| 层次 (層次) | céng cì | layer; level |
| 阶层 (階層) | jiē céng | social class |
| 一层 (一層) | yī céng | one layer; one level |
| 上层 (上層) | shàng céng | upper layer |
| 底层 (底層) | dǐ céng | ground floor; first floor; lowest level; lowest rung (of society etc) |
| 深层 (深層) | shēn céng | deep layer; deep; deep-seated; underlying |
| 下层 (下層) | xià céng | underlayer; lower class |
| 断层 (斷層) | duàn céng | (geology) fault (CL:道 (dào)); (fig.) gap; rupture (in the transmission of some skill) |
| 层级 (層級) | céng jí | level; hierarchy |
English words written with 层
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.