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曾

céng

already, formerly, once; the past

💡 Ideographic: A rice cooker on heat 日, building up steam 丷 and letting it off
HSK 5 12 strokes Very Common (5%)
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Component Breakdown

Each color represents a different component

丷
ha
kwukyel
？
Radical
日
rì
sun; day; daytime
⿳丷？日 i

Stroke Order

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Component Tree i

ha
丷
kwukyel
2 strokes
unknown
?
Unknown component - strokes not mapped to a known radical
6 strokes
rì
日
sun; day; daytime
📷 Pictographic: The sun
4 strokes HSK 2

Words Using 曾 (32)

céngjīng
曾经 ↗
HSK 5
once / already / former / previously / ever / (past tense marker used before verb or clause)
céng
曾 ↗
once / already / ever (in the past) / former / previously / (past tense marker used before verb or clause)
zēng
曾 ↗
great-grand (father, child etc)
Zēng
曾 ↗
surname Zeng
bùcéng
不曾 ↗
never (have done sth)
zēngzǔfù
曾祖父 ↗
father's father's father / paternal great-grandfather
wèicéng
未曾 ↗
never before
zēngzǔmǔ
曾祖母 ↗
father's father's mother / paternal great-grandmother
hécéng
何曾 ↗
did I ever ...? (or "did he ever ...?" etc)
sìcéngxiāngshí
似曾相识 ↗
déjà vu (the experience of seeing exactly the same situation a second time) / seemingly familiar / apparently already acquainted
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