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Chinese symbol for “composition”

成分
chéng fèn
composition; ingredient; element; component; one's social status

The closest CC-CEDICT match for composition is 成分 (chéng fèn), defined as: composition; ingredient; element; component; one's social status.

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Characters and stroke order

成 chéng
to accomplish; to become; to complete, to finish; to succeed
radical 62 ⼽ · 7 strokes
分 fèn
to divide, to allocate; fraction; small unit of time or other quantity
radical 18 ⼑ · 4 strokes

Other Chinese words for “composition”

WordPinyinMeaning
构图 (構圖)gòu tú(art) composition
结构 (結構)jié gòustructure; composition
布局 (佈局)bù júarrangement; composition
构造 (構造)gòu zàostructure; composition
作文zuò wénto write an essay; composition (student essay)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 成分.

WordPinyinMeaning
成为 (成為)chéng wéito become; to turn into
完成wán chéngto complete; to accomplish
成功chéng gōngto succeed; success
成立chéng lìto establish; to set up
造成zào chéngto bring about; to create; to cause
成员 (成員)chéng yuánmember
部分bù fenpart; portion; piece; Taiwan pr. [bu4fen4]
分析fēn xīto analyze; analysis

See also: Japanese symbol for “composition”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.