chéng

clear and still water

Evolution

澂 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
澂 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
澂 Clerical script Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)

Clerical script

Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)
Definitions

 

chéng

clear and still water

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chéng

variant of [chéng]

Most common words with 澂
Freq.
Word
Meaning

澄清

limpid

clear

澄海

Sea of serenity (Mare Serenitatis, on the moon)

澄澈

limpid

澄海区

Chenghai district of Shantou city 汕头市, Guangdong

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 3.3958% of movies

2766th most common character in movies

2756th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

15

Unicode

U+6F82

Shuowen

“澂,清也。从水,徵省聲。”


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