曾 (zēng)
Surname Zeng; great- (relationship).
How 曾 is written
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 丷 — eight/divide
- Traditional
- 曾
- Simplified
- 曾 (unchanged)
曾 has 2 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- zēng
- surname Zeng
- céng
- once; already; ever (in the past); former
Common words using 曾
- 曾經 céngjīng
- once; already; former
- 似曾相識 sìcéngxiāngshí
- déjà vu (the experience of seeing exactly the same situation a second time); seemingly familiar; apparently already acquainted
- 何曾 hécéng
- did I ever ...? (or "did he ever ...?" etc)
- 曾孫 zēngsūn
- great-grandson
- 曾孫女 zēngsūnnǚ
- great-granddaughter
- 曾幾何時 céngjǐhéshí
- just a while before; not so long ago; everyone can remember when..
- 曾祖 zēngzǔ
- great-grandfather (father of one's paternal grandfather)
- 曾祖母 zēngzǔmǔ
- father's father's mother; paternal great-grandmother
- 曾祖父 zēngzǔfù
- father's father's father; paternal great-grandfather
曾 in a sentence
他是我的曾祖父。
Tā shì wǒ de zēngzǔfù.
“He is my great-grandfather.”
How common is 曾?
曾 is the 463rd most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 74.2% of all running text.
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