céng

floor (of a building)

Simplified form of . Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
户 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

door

云 simplified component

  Simplified component

yún

  

clouds

Shorthand for the component in the traditional character .

Evolution

层 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
层 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
层 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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céng

story, layer, floor, stratum; layer; stratum; laminated; floor (of a building); storey; classifier for layers; repeated; sheaf (math.)

Most common words with 层
Freq.
Word
Meaning

layer

高层

high level

层次

layer

基层

basic level

层面

aspect