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Chinese symbol for “stratified”

层状
céng zhuàng
Traditional: 層狀
stratified; bedded (geology)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for stratified is 层状 (céng zhuàng), defined as: stratified; bedded (geology).

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Characters and stroke order

层 céng
layer, floor, story, stratum
radical 44 ⼫ · 7 strokes
状 zhuàng
state, condition; shape, appearance, form; certificate
radical 94 ⽝ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “stratified”

WordPinyinMeaning
叠层 (疊層)dié céngrepeated layers; stratified
成层 (成層)chéng cénglayered; stratified

Related words

Other words that share a character with 层状.

WordPinyinMeaning
基层 (基層)jī céngbasic level; grassroots unit
层面 (層面)céng miànaspect; facet; level (political, psychological, spiritual etc)
高层 (高層)gāo cénghigh-rise; high level; high class
层次 (層次)céng cìlayer; level
阶层 (階層)jiē céngsocial class
一层 (一層)yī céngone layer; one level
状态 (狀態)zhuàng tàicondition; state; state of affairs
状况 (狀況)zhuàng kuàngcondition; state; situation

See also: Japanese symbol for “stratified”.

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.