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9 strokes14 strokes
Character #920 · The First 1000

cháng

taste/try

to taste; to try (food); to experience; (literary) ever; once

Strokes
914
TraditionalSimplified
嘗 尝
Poster cell
X33
01 常用词语

Common words with

  • chángshì to try
  • pǐncháng to taste a small amount
  • wèicháng not ever
  • chángxiān to try sth new
  • qiǎncháng to dabble in
02 练习纸
Character practice sheet: nine rows, each with a model box, pinyin lines and eleven practice squares
Free printable · One page

Practice writing 尝嘗

Write 尝嘗 in the grey model box at the start of each row and its pinyin, cháng, on the lines above. Then copy it across the row, following the stroke order above.

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Nine rows of field-grid squares, 15 mm. More about this sheet
03 千字海报
Cell X33 · 28 × 36 grid

尝嘗 is #920 on The First 1000 poster.

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04 问答

Quick answers

What does 尝 mean in English?
尝 (cháng) means "taste/try": to taste; to try (food); to experience; (literary) ever; once.
How do you pronounce 尝?
尝 is pronounced cháng in pinyin, with the second (rising) tone. In Zhuyin (bopomofo) it is written ㄔㄤˊ.
How many strokes does 尝 have?
The simplified form, 尝, has 9 strokes. The traditional form, 嘗, has 14.
What is the traditional form of 尝?
The traditional form of 尝 is 嘗. 尝 is the simplified form, used in mainland China and Singapore; 嘗 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau.
What are common words with 尝?
Common words that use 尝 include 尝试 (chángshì, to try), 品尝 (pǐncháng, to taste a small amount), 未尝 (wèicháng, not ever), 尝鲜 (chángxiān, to try sth new).
How common is 尝?
尝 is number 920 of the 1,000 most common Chinese characters, in cell X33 of The First 1000 poster.

Definitions and word glosses adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License), animated with Hanzi Writer.