chéng

old variant of 乘[chéng]

Evolution

椉 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
椉 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
椉 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Definitions

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chéng

old variant of [chéng]

Most common words with 椉
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to ride

乘客

passenger

乘坐

to ride (in a vehicle)

乘车

to drive

搭乘

to ride as a passenger

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 18.5328% of movies

1417th most common character in movies

1231st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Unicode

U+6909

Shuowen

“乘,覆也。从入、桀。桀,黠也。軍法曰乘。,古文乘从几。”


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