CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- chang2
- English meanings
- to taste, to try, to experience, already, ever, once, old variant of 嘗|尝[chang2]
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Top–bottom structure
Top–bottom arrangement: top 尚; bottom 云.
Meaning & sound clues
云 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “speak”.
尚 is identified as the sound component (shàng). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 尝.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
advocate; initiate
repay; compensate
mill
sing
taste; try
measure word (events)
field; place; scene
used in 嫦娥
often
open; spacious
prosperous
rampant; wild
smooth; fluent
intestines
intestine; guts
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Related words
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- 品尝
- 尝试