(céng)

HSK 27 strokesTrad.

to pile on top of one another

Stroke order animation

Character information

Pinyin
céng
Meaning
to pile on top of one another; layer; stratum; floor (of a building); story; (math.) sheaf; classifier for layers
Strokes
7
HSK level
HSK 2
Traditional

Origin & structure

Where comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿸尸云

Simplified form of 層; 曾 provides the pronunciation

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

Parts are arranged enclosing from the upper left.

Traditional form : body

How to write step by step

7 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.

céng
HSK 5

layer

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céng
HSK 7-9

basic level

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HSK 7-9

more and more emerge

Open 层出不穷 page →
xiàcéng

underlayer; lower class; lower strata; substrate

Open 下层 page →
zhōngcéng

middle-ranking

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