pēi​céng

germ layer

pēi embryo

Components

Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

flesh

Sound component
great

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpʰɯː

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

céng floor (of a building) Simplified

Simplified form of . Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
hù, hu door
Simplified component
yún clouds

Shorthand for the component in the traditional character .

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

céng floor (of a building) Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
hù, hu door
Sound component
céng already

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdzongN-s-tˤəŋ in two storeys, double
dzongm-s-tˤəŋ additional floor, field

說文解字

《說文》:“層,重屋也。从尸,曾聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica