常
Meanings
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- 1.always
- 2.ever
- 3.often
- 4.frequently
- 5.common
- 6.general
- 7.constant
- 1.surname Chang
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Wiktionary
- 1.normal; general; common
- 2.constant; invariable
- 3.often; frequently
- 4.law and order
- 5.law; rule; regular pattern
- 6.an ancient unit of length equivalent to two xuns (尋／寻)
- 7.51st tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "constancy" (𝌸)
- 8.a surname
- 9.only used in 常在
- 10.indolent; sloppy
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *djaŋ): phonetic 尚 (OC *djaŋ, *djaŋs) + semantic 巾 (“cloth”). The character originally referred to a "lower garment" similar to a skirt, before being phonetically borrowed to mean "long-lasting; frequently". The original sense is now represented by the character 裳 (OC *djaŋ, “lower garment”). From Proto-Sino-Tibetan; perhaps related to Tibetan ཡང (yang, “again, once more”) (Schuessler, 2007).
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Stroke order
Components
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Example sentences
我不常笑。
I don't laugh very often.
我们不常做。
We don't do it very often.
我常打排球。
I play volleyball a lot.
我經常吃雞。
I often eat chicken.
我不常見到他。
I don't see much of him.
我不常見到他。
I don't meet him so often.
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Derived terms
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