尝
to taste; to try (food); to experience; (literary) ever; once
9 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,415 U+5C1D
How 尝 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
云 (semantic, “speak”) + 尚 (phonetic, shàng)
How to remember it
taste · Heisig RSH #1692
小 small + crown + rising cloud
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 尚
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 尚 (shàng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 尚 sound component | shàng | still, yet; even; fairly, rather |
| 常 | cháng | common, general, normal; always, frequently, regularly |
| 党 | dǎng | political party, gang, faction |
| 堂 | táng | hall, large room; government office; cousins |
| 掌 | zhǎng | in charge; the palm of the hand, the sole of the foot |
| 赏 | shǎng | reward; to appreciate; to bestow, to grant |
| 躺 | tǎng | to recline, to lie down |
| 敞 | chǎng | wide, open, spacious |
| 棠 | táng | crabapple tree; wild plum |
| 趟 | tàng | time, occasion; to make a journey |
| 倘 | tǎng | if, supposing, in event of |
| 淌 | tǎng | to trickle down, to flow, to drip; to shed tears |
| 裳 | cháng | skirt, petticoat; beautiful |
| 惝 | chǎng | alarmed, agitated |
| 徜 | cháng | to linger, to walk back and forth |
| 绱 | shàng | the sole of a shoe; to patch, to sole |
| 䠀 | chǎng | to meditate; to sit cross-legged |
| 牚 | chēng | variant of 撐|撑[cheng1] |
Words containing 尝
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 未尝不可 | wèi cháng bù kě | (idiom) acceptable; fine; okay |
| 尝尽心酸 | cháng jìn xīn suān | to experience one's full share of sorrows (idiom) |
| 备尝辛苦 | bèi cháng xīn kǔ | (idiom) to have suffered all kinds of hardships |
| 尝试错误 | cháng shì cuò wù | to proceed by trial and error; to learn by making mistakes |
| 品尝 | pǐn cháng | variant of 品嚐|品尝[pin3 chang2] |
| 品尝 | pǐn cháng | to have a taste of; to sample |
| 尝试 | cháng shì | to try (to see what it's like or whether one can do it) |
| 备尝艰苦 | bèi cháng jiān kǔ | see 備嘗辛苦|备尝辛苦[bei4 chang2 xin1 ku3] |
| 未尝 | wèi cháng | not ever; not necessarily |
| 卧薪尝胆 | wò xīn cháng dǎn | (lit.) to sleep on brushwood and taste gall (like King Goujian of Yue 勾踐|勾践[Gou1 jian4], i… |
| 卧薪尝胆 | wò xīn cháng dǎn | variant of 臥薪嘗膽|卧薪尝胆[wo4 xin1 chang2 dan3] |
| 何尝 | hé cháng | (rhetorical question) when?; how?; it's not that... |
| 孟尝君 | Mèng cháng jūn | Lord Menchang of Qi, Chancellor of Qi and of Wei during the Warring States Period (475-221… |
| 尝鲜 | cháng xiān | to taste (fresh food or a delicacy); (fig.) to try sth new |
| 浅尝 | qiǎn cháng | to merely have a sip or a bite (of one's food or drink); (fig.) to dabble in; to flirt wit… |
| 饱尝 | bǎo cháng | to enjoy fully; to experience to the full over a long period |
| 尝粪 | cháng fèn | to taste a patient's excrement (a form of medical examination, seen as an act of loyalty o… |
| 浅尝辄止 | qiǎn cháng zhé zhǐ | (lit.) to stop after taking just a sip (idiom); (fig.) to gain only a superficial knowledg… |