Read Edit View history 常 chángCháng HSK1 common Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 巾 represents the meaning and 尚 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning, "lower garment", now written as 裳. The current meaning is a phonetic loan. Pinyin Separate values with commas cháng × 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 常 Simp strokes 常 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 常 Simp strokes 常 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 常 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 473, 842 ], [ 513, 802 ], [ 506, 659 ], [ 489, 647 ] ], [ [ 316, 761 ], [ 378, 716 ], [ 397, 681 ] ], [ [ 676, 813 ], [ 693, 779 ], [ 591, 690 ] ], [ [ 200, 628 ], [ 211, 595 ], [ 175, 508 ], [ 171, 460 ] ], [ [ 239, 595 ], [ 256, 585 ], [ 300, 588 ], [ 590, 637 ], [ 734, 653 ], [ 775, 652 ], [ 800, 641 ], [ 820, 612 ], [ 750, 535 ] ], [ [ 332, 530 ], [ 357, 510 ], [ 365, 496 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