chéng, shèng
ride
Depicts a person (人) who has climbed up a tree (木).
Evolution
Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
chéng
ride, ascend; avail oneself of; numerary adjunct for vehicles; to ride; to mount; to make use of; to avail oneself of; to take advantage of; to multiply (math.); Buddhist sect or creed
Chéng
surname Cheng
shèng
four horse military chariot (archaic); four (archaic); generic term for history books
chéng
old variant of 乘[chéng]
Most common words with 乘
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to ride | ||
passenger | ||
to ride (in a vehicle) | ||
to drive | ||
to ride as a passenger |
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