城 — Chinese character
城
chéng
castle, city, town; municipality
- Pinyin
- chéng
- Radical
- 32 ⼟ (Earth)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 土 成
- Formation
- pictophonetic — earth; meaning component 土; sound component 成
- Japanese
- 城 as a kanji
Common words with 城
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 城市 | chéng shì | city; town; measure word: 座 (zuò) |
| 城镇 (城鎮) | chéng zhèn | town; cities and towns |
| 城乡 (城鄉) | chéng xiāng | city and countryside |
| 城堡 | chéng bǎo | castle; rook (chess piece) |
| 城区 (城區) | chéng qū | city district; urban area |
| 县城 (縣城) | xiàn chéng | county seat; county town |
| 大城市 | dà chéng shì | major city; metropolis |
| 古城 | gǔ chéng | ancient city |
| 城墙 (城牆) | chéng qiáng | city wall |
| 商城 | shāng chéng | shopping center; department store |
| 京城 | jīng chéng | capital of a country |
| 进城 (進城) | jìn chéng | to go to town; to enter a big city (to live or work) |
English words written with 城
城 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 2 · Art of War 9 · I Ching 1 · Mencius 11 · Zhuangzi 10
- Analects 6.12
- Analects 17.4
- Art of War 2.2
- Art of War 3.3
- Art of War 3.4
- Art of War 3.5
- Art of War 3.6
- Art of War 8.3
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