尝(cháng)

HSK 59 strokesTrad. 嘗

to taste

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Character information

Pinyin
cháng
Meaning
to taste; to try (food); to experience; (literary) ever; once
Strokes
9
HSK level
HSK 5
Traditional
嘗

Origin & structure

Where 尝 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Phonetic-semantic compound⿱尚云

In this compound, the meaning comes from 云 (speak); 尚 supplies the sound.

One part carries the meaning, the other suggests the sound.

Made of

尚shàng云yún

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

Traditional form 嘗: purpose

How to write 尝 step by step

9 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 尝

Common words using 尝 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

cháng尝shì试
HSK 5

to try (to see what it's like or whether one can do it)

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pǐn品cháng尝
HSK 7-9

variant of 品尝

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hé何cháng尝

(rhetorical question) when?; how?; it's not that...

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cháng尝fèn粪

to taste a patient's excrement (a form of medical examination, seen as an a…

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bèi备cháng尝jiān艰kǔ苦

see 备尝辛苦

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bèi备cháng尝xīn辛kǔ苦

(idiom) to have suffered all kinds of hardships

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wèi未cháng尝

not ever

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qiǎn浅cháng尝zhé辄zhǐ止

(lit.) to stop after taking just a sip (idiom); (fig.) to gain only a superficial knowl…

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