曾 — Chinese character
曾
céng
already, formerly, once; the past
- Pinyin
- céng
- Radical
- 73 ⽈ (Say)
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- 丷 日
- Formation
- ideographic — A rice cooker on heat 日, building up steam 丷 and letting it off
- Japanese
- 曾 as a kanji
Common words with 曾
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 曾经 (曾經) | céng jīng | once; already |
| 不曾 | bù céng | hasn't yet; hasn't ever |
| 未曾 | wèi céng | hasn't (or haven't); hasn't ever |
| 似曾相识 (似曾相識) | sì céng xiāng shí | déjà vu (the experience of seeing exactly the same situation a second time); seemingly familiar |
| 曾祖父 | zēng zǔ fù | father's father's father; paternal great-grandfather |
| 曾孙 (曾孫) | zēng sūn | great-grandson |
| 曾几何时 (曾幾何時) | céng jǐ hé shí | just a while before; not so long ago |
| 曾祖母 | zēng zǔ mǔ | father's father's mother; paternal great-grandmother |
| 何曾 | hé céng | did I ever ...? (or "did he ever ...?" etc) |
| 曾祖 | zēng zǔ | father's father's father; paternal great-grandfather |
| 曾经沧海 (曾經滄海) | céng jīng cāng hǎi | lit. having crossed the vast ocean (idiom); fig. widely experienced in the vicissitudes of life |
| 曾孙女 (曾孫女) | zēng sūn nǚ | great-granddaughter |
曾 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 23 · Mencius 35 · Zhuangzi 14 · Great Learning 1
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