城

chéng

ch+éng·2nd tone

city walls · city

Radical: 土 Strokes: 9 HSK 3

Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Common

Same radical

地土坐场堂圣基塞墨在塔壁

Same radical

地土坐场堂圣基塞墨在塔壁垂境墙

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Character Decomposition

城=土+成

Etymology

earth

Meanings

city walls

city

town

CL:座 zuò,道 dào, gè

chéng

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Words with 城 733 total

square castle · mahjong layout (with the tiles laid out as a square)方城fāng chéng Kaesong or Gaeseong city in southwest North Korea, close to the border with South Korea and a special economic zone for South Korean companies开城Kāi chéng capital city都城dū chéng

Idioms with 城 65 total Chain

to make a last-ditch stand before the city wall (idiom); to fight to the last ditch · to put up a desperate struggle背城借一bèi chéng jiè yī soldiers at the city walls (idiom); fig. at a critical juncture兵临城下bīng lín chéng xià a fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom); the bystander will also suffer · fig. you can't escape responsibility for your actions · ask not for whom the bell tolls - it tolls for thee城门失火，殃及池鱼chéng mén shī huǒ , yāng jí chí yú treaty made under coercion · a treaty concluded with the enemy who have reached the city wall · treaty signed below the city wall to avert destruction · terms accepted under duress · a humiliating "treaty of peace" · capitulate to the enemy · accept one's terms for surrender城下之盟chéng xià zhī méng