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曾经 (céng jīng): meaning and stroke order

曾经 (céng jīng) means once, already, former, previously, ever, (past tense marker used before verb or clause).

曾经

Simplified
曾经
Traditional
曾經
Pinyin
céng jīng

Stroke order of 曾经

曾

  • Zēng surname Zeng
  • céng once; already
  • zēng great- (grandfather, grandchild etc)
  • 12 strokes

Stroke by stroke

经

  • Jīng surname Jing
  • jīng classics; sacred book
  • 8 strokes
  • Traditional form: 經

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 曾经

  1. céng jīng Traditional 曾經
    • once
    • already
    • former
    • previously
    • ever
    • (past tense marker used before verb or clause)

Radicals of the characters

曾
Radical 曰 (Kangxi radical 73) · 12 strokes · 丷 on top, 𭥴 below
经
Radical 纟 (Kangxi radical 120) in its simplified form · 8 strokes · 纟 on the left, 𢀖 on the right

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.

曾经 in our stories

Preview version — Chinese review in progress.

  • 峨眉山上曾经有一条白蛇，修炼了一千年，终于能变成人的样子。她给自己起名叫白素贞。

    Éméi Shān shàng céngjīng yǒu yì tiáo báishé xiūliàn le yìqiān nián zhōngyú néng biànchéng rén de yàngzi tā gěi zìjǐ qǐ míng jiào Bái Sùzhēn

    Long ago, on Mount Emei, a white snake cultivated itself for a thousand years until it could take human form. She named herself Bai Suzhen.

    From the story The Legend of the White Snake HSK 7–9 · Level 9

Stories using 曾经

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).