憎
to detest
15 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,038 U+618E
How 憎 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
忄 (semantic, “heart”) + 曾 (phonetic, céng)
How to remember it
loathe · Heisig RSH #1816
state of mind + increase
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 曾
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 曾 (céng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 曾 sound component | céng | already, formerly, once; the past |
| 增 | zēng | to increase; to expand; to augment; to add |
| 僧 | sēng | Buddhist priest, monk |
| 赠 | zèng | to bestow, to confer, to present a gift |
| 蹭 | cèng | to shuffle; to procrastinate, to freeload, to dilly-dally |
| 噌 | cēng | to scold, to shout at |
| 缯 | zēng | silk; to tie, to bind; surname |
| 罾 | zēng | a large square net for catching fish |
| 甑 | zèng | a boiler for steaming rice |
Words containing 憎
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 面目可憎 | miàn mù kě zēng | repulsive countenance; disgusting appearance |
| 爱憎分明 | ài zēng fēn míng | to make a clear difference between what one likes and what one hates; to have well-defined… |
| 人憎狗厌 | rén zēng gǒu yàn | detestable (wordplay based on 神憎鬼厭|神憎鬼厌[shen2 zeng1 gui3 yan4]) |
| 神憎鬼厌 | shén zēng guǐ yàn | (idiom) despicable; loathsome |
| 人憎狗嫌 | rén zēng gǒu xián | see 人憎狗厭|人憎狗厌[ren2 zeng1 gou3 yan4] |
| 可憎 | kě zēng | disgusting |
| 爱憎 | ài zēng | love and hate |
| 憎恶 | zēng è | to hate evil |
| 憎恶 | zēng wù | to loathe; to detest; to abhor |
| 憎恨 | zēng hèn | to detest; hatred |
| 憎厌 | zēng yàn | to loathe |