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盛

shèng, chéng

abundant

Phonosemantic compound. 皿 represents the meaning and 成 represents the sound.

Components
皿 meaning component

皿  Meaning component

mǐn

  

dish

Depicts a full container.

成 sound component

成  Sound component

chéng

  

completed

Evolution

盛 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
盛 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

盛  

shèng

abundant, flourishing; contain; fill; flourishing; vigorous; magnificent; extensively

盛  

Shèng

surname Sheng

盛  

chéng

to hold; to contain; to ladle; to pick up with a utensil

Most common words with 盛
Freq.
Word
Meaning

华盛顿

Washington (name)

盛

vigorous

盛大

grand

旺盛

vigorous

盛宴

feast

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[d]eŋ

dzyeng

chéng

put in (a receptacle)

*[d]eŋ-s

dzyengH

shèng

full, abundant


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 23.0178% of movies

1323rd most common character in movies

1142nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Unicode

U+76DB

Shuowen

“盛，黍稷在器中以祀者也。从皿，成聲。”


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