chéng

submit

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and 𡈼 represents the sound.

Components
口 meaning component

  Meaning component

kǒu

  

mouth

𡈼 sound component

𡈼  Sound component

tǐng

  

stand upright

Evolution

呈 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
呈 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
呈 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
呈 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

chéng

submit, show; appear; petition; to present to a superior; memorial; to present (a certain appearance); to assume (a shape); to be (a certain color)

Most common words with 呈
Freq.
Word
Meaning

memorial

呈现

to appear

辞呈

(written) resignation

纷呈

brilliant and varied

呈献

to present respectfully

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

Sound component in 8 characters (2 verified)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*lreŋ

drjeng

chéng

to manifest


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 9.8030% of movies

2062nd most common character in movies

1563rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Unicode

U+5448

Shuowen

“呈,平也。从口,聲。”


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