Chinese Character Wiki
爯

chēng, chèn

pick up

Depicts a hand (爫) grabbing a fish (魚).

Components
爫 iconic component

爫  Iconic component

zhǎo

  

hand, claw

爫 is a component form of 爪.

魚 iconic component

魚  Iconic component

yú

  

fish

Evolution

爯 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
爯 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
爯 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
爯 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
爯 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

爯  

chēng

pick up; lift; to weigh; old variant of 稱|称[chēng]

爯  

chèn

old variant of 稱|称[chèn]

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (1 verified)

稱

Sound component in 1 character (1 verified)

稱

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Unicode

U+722F

Shuowen

“爯，并舉也。从爪，冓省。”


This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Creative Commons License