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Mythic Mandarin

层 (céng): meaning and stroke order

层 (céng) means to pile on top of one another, layer; stratum, floor (of a building); story, (math.) sheaf.

层

Simplified
层
Traditional
層
Pinyin
céng

Stroke order of 层

层

  • céng to pile on top of one another; layer; stratum
  • 7 strokes
  • Traditional form: 層

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 层

  1. céng Traditional 層
    • to pile on top of one another
    • layer; stratum
    • floor (of a building); story
    • (math.) sheaf
    • classifier for layers

Radical and structure

层
Radical 尸 (Kangxi radical 44) · 7 strokes · built from 尸 and 云

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

层 in our stories

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  • 甄太太住在一栋老楼的二层。她说，十点左右她在浴室洗澡，听到卧室里“咚”的一声。

    Zhēn tàitai zhù zài yí dòng lǎo lóu de èr céng tā shuō shí diǎn zuǒyòu tā zài yùshì xǐzǎo tīngdào wòshì lǐ dōng de yì shēng

    Mrs Zhen lived on the first floor of an old building. She said that around ten, while she was in the bath, she heard a thud in the bedroom.

    From the story The dry floor HSK 6

  • 这个早市已经有四十年的历史，按照政府的规划，它将被一座五层的停车楼代替。

    zhè gè zǎoshì yǐjīng yǒu sìshí nián de lìshǐ ànzhào zhèngfǔ de guīhuà tā jiāng bèi yí zuò wǔ céng de tíngchēlóu dàitì

    The market was forty years old, and under the government's plan it would be replaced by a five-storey car park.

    From the story The market hearing HSK 7–9 · Level 8

Stories using 层

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).