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Meaning of 城
Pinyin
chéng
Radical
土
Strokes
9
Definition
Usage
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城 [chéng]
名
【本义】: 城墙
1. City wall: A high wall used for defense around a city. Generally, it is divided into two parts; the inner part is called "城" (chéng) and the outer part is called "郭" (guō). When used alone, the term "城" often includes both 城 and 郭, but when 城 and 郭 are paired, it specifically refers to 城.
2. Ancient capital cities, feudal states, and territories of nobles were all centered around cities with walls, which can also be called 城 (city).
3. City: (city)
4. Country: (country)
动
1. To build a wall: (build a wall)
2. To defend a city: (defend a city)
引
1. "说文": 城，所以盛民也。 (The purpose of a city is to accommodate the people.)
2. "礼记·礼运": 城郭沟池以为固。 (Walled cities and moats strengthen defenses.)
3. "史记·田单列传": 使老弱女子乘城。 (Let the elderly and women stay in the city.)
4. "公羊传·定公十二年": 百雉而城。 (One hundred towers and then the city walls.)
5. "谷梁传·隐公七年": 城为保民为之也。 (Cities are made to protect the people.)
6. "墨子·七患": 城者，可以自守也。 (A city can defend itself.)
7. 唐· 李白《送友人》: 青山横北郭，白水绕东城。(Green mountains lie across the north city wall, white waters surround the east city.)
例
1. 如: 城内; 城外; 万里长城; 城守(据城守御); 城曲(城墙角落的地方); 城铺(城上巡查的岗位); 城堵(城墙)
2. 如: 城大(一城的长官。即城主); 城主(一城之主); 城辇(帝王所居的都市。也泛指京城); 城禁(城市的警戒防卫)
3. 如: 东城，西城; 城雕(城市雕塑)
4. 如: 土国城漕。 (National boundary by the city of Caocao.)
动
1. To build a wall: (build a wall)
引: "左传·昭公二十三年": 今吴是惧而城于 郢。 (Now Wu fears and builds a city in Ying.)
例: 如: 城郭国(古时谓西域筑城定居的国家); 城干(筑城时埋置土中的木柱)
2. To defend a city: (defend a city)
引: 唐· 孙樵《书何易于》: 县距刺史治所四十里，城嘉陵江南。 (The county is 40 li from the magistrate's residence, with the city south of the Jialing River.)
例: 如: 城寨(防守用的围墙或栅栏); 城操(备边;备边士卒)
Xiangcheng county in Xuchang city 許昌市|许昌市[Xu3 chang1 shi4], Henan / Xiangcheng district of Xiangfan city 襄樊市[Xiang1 fan2 shi4], Hubei
Same Pronunciation Characters
Same Radical Characters
- 去
- 土
- 圣
- 在
- 地
- 场
- 圾
- 址
- 均
- 坊
- 坎
- 坏
- 坐
- 块
- 坚
- 坛
- 坝
- 坟
- 坠
- 坡
- 坤
- 坦
- 坪
- 坯
- 坷
- 垃
- 垄
- 型
- 垒
- 垛
- 垢
- 垦
- 垫
- 垮
- 埂
- 埃
- 埋
- 城
- 域
- 埠
- 培
- 基
- 堂
- 堆
- 堕
- 堡
- 堪
- 堰
- 堵
- 塌
- 塑
- 塔
- 塘
- 塞
- 填
- 境
- 墅
- 墓
- 墙
- 增
- 墟
- 墨
- 墩
- 壁
- 壤
- 圩
- 圪
- 圬
- 圭
- 圮
- 圯
- 圳
- 圹
- 圻
- 坂
- 坌
- 坍
- 坞
- 坨
- 坩
- 坫
- 坭
- 坳
- 坻
- 坼
- 垆
- 垌
- 垓
- 垠
- 垡
- 垣
- 垤
- 垧
- 垩
- 垭
- 垸
- 埒
- 埔
- 埕
- 埘
- 埙
- 埚
- 埝
- 埤
- 埭
- 埯
- 埴
- 埵
- 埸
- 埽
- 堇
- 堋
- 堍
- 堑
- 堙
- 堞
- 塄
- 塍
- 塬
- 塾
- 墀
- 墁
- 墉
- 墒
- 墼
- 壅
- 壑
- 壕
- 圤
- 圼
- 坒
- 坜
- 坴
- 坶
- 垅
- 垔
- 垚
- 垯
- 垲
- 垴
- 埄
- 埇
- 埏
- 埗
- 埡
- 埲
- 埶
- 執
- 埼
- 堀
- 堃
- 堅
- 堊
- 堠
- 堯
- 報
- 場
- 堿
- 塊
- 塋
- 塕
- 塗
- 塚
- 塢
- 塥
- 塲
- 塵
- 塹
- 墊
- 墚
- 墜
- 墮
- 墳
- 墻
- 墾
- 壇
- 壓
- 壘
- 壞
- 壟
- 壢
- 壩
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Input Method for 城
Pinyin
cheng2
Wubi
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Cangjie
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Zhengma
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Four Corner
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Unicode
U+57ce
Stroke Number Category
HSK Level Category