cháng = ch + ang2
always / ever / often / frequently / common / general / constant
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How to pronounce 常

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= ch initial

Ch is for Charlie Chaplin.

By Matthias • updated 6 months ago
+ ang2 final

In the anglepod’s kitchen.

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常 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
Character component without intrinsic meaning
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= mi + Ø4
"cover" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 14), occurring in 軍|军[jun1], 冠[guan1] etc, known as 禿寶蓋|秃宝盖[tu1 bao3 gai4] or 平寶蓋|平宝盖[ping2 bao3 gai4]
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diào = di + ao4
to suspend / to hang up / to hang a person
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diào = di + ao4
a string of 100 cash (arch.) / to lament / to condole with / variant of 吊[diao4]
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Characters with 常 as component

cháng = ch + ang2
a legendary beauty who flew to the moon / the lady in the moon
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Words with 常

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Wuchang, county-level city in Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[Ha1 er3 bin1], Heilongjiang / the Permanent Five (the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council: China, France, Russia, the UK, and the USA)
five constant virtues of Confucianism, namely: benevolence 仁, righteousness 義|义, propriety 禮|礼, wisdom 智 and fidelity 信 / five cardinal relationships of Confucianism (between ruler and subject, father and son, husband and wife, brothers, friends) / five phases of Chinese philosophy: water 水, fire 火, wood 木, metal 金, earth 土
Wuchang, county-level city in Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[Ha1 er3 bin1], Heilongjiang

Sentences with 常

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cháng

always / ever / often / frequently / common / general / constant

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