澄

澂
chéng
#2,750 most
frequent character
variant of 澄[cheng2]

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

澄 has 氵 water as its meaning part and 登 dēng as the sound part, matching in rhyme. Clear, still water was the first sense, which grew to 'clear' and 'to clarify'. Read dèng, it means a liquid settling.

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Same Characters, Different Readings

澄Cheng2
surname Cheng
澄chéng
clear, limpid, to clarify, to purify
澄dèng
(of liquid) to settle, to become clear

Homophones

HSK 6
盛chéng
to hold, contain, to ladle
HSK 6
橙chéng
orange tree, orange (color)
城chéng
city, town
成chéng
(measure word)
呈chéng
to present to a superior, memorial
惩chéng
to punish, to reprimand, to warn

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