CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- chang2
- English meanings
- often, usually, frequently
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Top–bottom structure
Top–bottom arrangement: top 尚; bottom 巾.
Meaning & sound clues
巾 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “cloth”.
尚 is identified as the sound component (shàng). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 常.
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
ever
open; spacious
prosperous
rampant; wild
smooth; fluent
intestines
intestine; guts
Example sentences
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Related words
Explore words connected to this character.
- 不同寻常
- 反常
- 寻常
- 常人
- 常常
- 常年
- 常态
- 常温
- 常理
- 常用
- 常见
- 常规
- 常识
- 平常
- 平常心
- 异常
- 往常
- 日常
- 时常
- 正常
- 照常
- 经常
- 通常
- 非常