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澄

chéng, dèng

purify water by allowing sediment to settle

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 登 represents the sound. Simplified form of 澂.

Components
氵 meaning component

氵  Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

  

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

登 sound component

登  Sound component

dēng

  

rise

Evolution

澄 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
澄 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

澄  

chéng

purify water by allowing sediment to settle; clear, pure; clear; limpid; to clarify; to purify

澄  

Chéng

surname Cheng

澄  

dèng

(of liquid) to settle; to become clear

澄 (澂) 

chéng

variant of 澄[chéng]

Most common words with 澄
Freq.
Word
Meaning

澄清

limpid

澄

clear

澄海

Sea of serenity (Mare Serenitatis, on the moon)

澄澈

limpid

澄海区

Chenghai district of Shantou city 汕头市, Guangdong

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[d]rəŋ

dring

chéng

limpid, clear


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 3.3958% of movies

2766th most common character in movies

2756th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

15

Unicode

U+6F84


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