Read Edit View history Discussion 城 chéng HSK3 city Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 成 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas chéng × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 城 Simp strokes 城 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 城 Simp strokes 城 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 城 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 91, 424 ], [ 149, 424 ], [ 306, 473 ], [ 346, 470 ] ], [ [ 198, 715 ], [ 250, 673 ], [ 251, 660 ], [ 242, 281 ], [ 239, 267 ], [ 221, 246 ] ], [ [ 74, 174 ], [ 131, 165 ], [ 360, 289 ] ], [ [ 467, 515 ], [ 479, 506 ], [ 521, 511 ], [ 702, 565 ], [ 750, 567 ] ], [ [ 396, 533 ], [ 416, 519 ], [ 431, 489 ], [ 425, 363 ], [ 409, 268 ], [ 381, 198 ], [ 358, 162 ], [ 313, 113 ], [ 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