Dong Chinese dictionary

chéng

old variant of 乘[chéng]

Variant form of 乘. Depicts a person (大) who has used their legs (舛) to climb up a tree (木).

Components

dà, dài

big

Depicts the head and arms of a person.

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 大 than it was in ancient scripts.

舛 Iconic component

chuǎn

oppose

Depicts two feet.

木 Iconic component

mù

tree

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

Modern

Definitions

chéng

old variant of 乘[chéng]

Most common words with 椉

Sources