chéng
orange
Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 登 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 橙
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
orange tree | ||
orange (color) | ||
orange juice | ||
orange | ||
navel orange |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[d]ˤrəŋ | dreang | chéng | citrus tree (Shuōwén) |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 5.2539% of movies
2355th most common character in movies
3571st most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 16 |
Unicode | U+6A59 |
Shuowen | “橙，橘屬。从木，登聲。” |
Sources
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