城 (chéng): meaning and stroke order
城 (chéng) means city walls, city, town, CL:座,道个.
城
- Simplified
- 城
- Traditional
- 城 (same form)
- Pinyin
- chéng
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Stroke order of 城
城
- chéng city walls; city
- 9 strokes
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Meaning of 城
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chéng
- city walls
- city
- town
- CL:座[zuo4],道[dao4],個|个[ge4]
Radical and structure
- 城
- Radical 土 (Kangxi radical 32) · 9 strokes · 土 on the left, 成 on the right
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Words with 城
- 城市 chéng shì city; town; CL:座[zuo4]
- 老城 lǎo chéng old town; old district of a city
- 全城 quán chéng whole city
- 京城 jīng chéng capital of a country
- 长城 Cháng chéng the Great Wall
城 in our stories
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唐朝时，长安城外的泾河里住着一位龙王，专门负责这一带的下雨。
Tángcháo shí Cháng'ān chéng wài de Jīng Hé lǐ zhù zhe yí wèi Lóngwáng zhuānmén fùzé zhè yídài de xiàyǔ
In the Tang dynasty, in the Jing River outside Chang'an, lived a Dragon King whose sole duty was the rain in that region.
From the story The Dragon King of the Jing River HSK 7–9 · Level 7
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哪吒看着满城惊慌的百姓，第一次意识到，自己的顽皮竟会让这么多人陪着受罪。
Nézhā kànzhe mǎn chéng jīnghuāng de bǎixìng dì-yī cì yìshídào zìjǐ de wánpí jìng huì ràng zhème duō rén péi zhe shòuzuì
Looking at the panicking people all over the city, Nezha realised for the first time that his mischief could make so many people suffer along with him.
From the story Nezha stirs up the sea HSK 7–9 · Level 8
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他妈妈在城东开了三十年的拉面馆，听到这个消息，手里的面“啪”的一声掉在了案板上。
tā māma zài chéng dōng kāi le sānshí nián de lāmiànguǎn tīngdào zhè gè xiāoxi shǒu lǐ de miàn pā de yì shēng diào zài le ànbǎn shàng
His mother had run a hand-pulled noodle shop on the east side of town for thirty years; when she heard the news, the dough in her hands dropped onto the board with a slap.
From the story Pulling noodles is a workout too HSK 7–9 · Level 8
Stories using 城
- The Dragon King of the Jing River HSK 7–9 · Level 7
- Nezha stirs up the sea HSK 7–9 · Level 8
- Pulling noodles is a workout too HSK 7–9 · Level 8
- Neither wind and rain nor sunshine HSK 7–9 · Level 9
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).