Dong Chinese dictionary

chéng

city

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 成 represents the sound.

Components

土 Meaning component

tǔ

earth

成 Sound component

chéng

completed

Evolution

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

chéng

castle; city, town; municipality; city walls; city; town; CL:座[zuò],道[dào],個|个[gè]

Most common words with 城

Sources