(chéng)

HSK 26 strokes

surname Cheng

Stroke order animation

Character information

Pinyin
chéng
Meaning
surname Cheng; short name for Chengdu 成都[Cheng2 du1]
Strokes
6
HSK level
HSK 2
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where comes from and how its parts fit together.

⿰丁戈

Made of

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write step by step

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

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Words with

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

fēnchéng
HSK 5

to divide (into)

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chéng
HSK 6

won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be?

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HSK 7-9

(idiom) to have achieved nothing; to be a total failure; to get nowhere

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HSK 7-9

(idiom) immutable; impervious to change; set in stone

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chéng
HSK 7-9

to facilitate; to help bring about

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HSK 7-9

(idiom) (of one's speech) eloquent

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jiǔchéng

nine-tenths; ninety percent

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shǐ使chéng

to cause; to render

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