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程

chéng

sequence

Original meaning: 

unit of measurement

Phonosemantic compound. 禾 represents the meaning and 呈 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "unit of measurement". The meaning later shifted to "rule", "procedure", "sequence", and "journey".

Components
禾 meaning component

禾  Meaning component

hé

  

grain stalk

呈 sound component

呈  Sound component

chéng

  

submit

Evolution

程 Bronze script Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)

Bronze script

Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
程 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
程 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
程 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

程  

chéng

journey, trip; schedule, agenda; rule; order; regulations; formula; journey; procedure; sequence

程  

Chéng

surname Cheng

Most common words with 程
Freq.
Word
Meaning

过程

process

程度

level

工程

engineering

程序

procedures

课程

course

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*(C.)lreŋ

drjeng

chéng

Chéng (a surname)

*l<r>eŋ

drjeng

chéng

rule, norm


Statistics

HSK level 3

Appears in 63.8956% of movies

630th most common character in movies

314th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Unicode

U+7A0B

Shuowen

“程，品也。十髮為程，十程為分，十分為寸。从禾，呈聲。”


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