乘 (chéng): meaning and stroke order
乘 (chéng) means to ride, to mount, to make use of, to avail oneself of, to take advantage of.
乘
- Simplified
- 乘
- Traditional
- 乘, 椉
- Pinyin
- chéng · shèng
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Stroke order of 乘
乘
- Chéng surname Cheng
- chéng to ride; to mount
- shèng (archaic) four horse military chariot; (archaic) four
- 10 strokes
- Traditional form: 椉
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Meaning of 乘
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chéng
- to ride
- to mount
- to make use of
- to avail oneself of
- to take advantage of
- to multiply (math.)
- Buddhist sect or creed
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Chéng
- surname Cheng
-
chéng
Traditional 椉
- old variant of 乘[cheng2]
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shèng
- (archaic) four horse military chariot
- (archaic) four
- generic term for history books
Radical and structure
- 乘
- Radical 丿 (Kangxi radical 4) · 10 strokes · built from 禾 and 北
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.
Words with 乘
- 乘客 chéng kè passenger
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).