嫦 (cháng): used in 嫦娥, used in female given names
嫦 (cháng) is a Chinese character meaning “used in 嫦娥.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 女 (semantic) and 常 (phonetic). It ranks #2832 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 嫦 woman. Its radical form 女 (woman) appears in many related characters such as 女 (nǚ, woman), 奶 (nǎi, grandmother, milk), 她 (tā, she).
Definitions
- used in 嫦娥
- used in female given names
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
嫦 appears in 1 compound words: 100 as the first character, 0 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 嫦 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
古时候,嫦子很少有机会接受教育。
gǔ shí hòu , cháng zǐ hěn shǎo yǒu jī huì jiē shòu jiào yù .
In ancient times, women rarely had the opportunity to receive an education.
中国准备发射嫦娥七号,前往月球南极寻找水冰
zhōng guó zhǔn bèi fā shè cháng é qī hào , qián wǎng yuè qiú nán jí xún zhǎo shuǐ bīng
China is preparing to launch Chang'e 7 to search for water ice at the Moon's south pole
中国科学家利用嫦娥六号从月球背面南极收集的月壤样品开展了系统的稀有气体同位素分析。
zhōng guó kē xué jiā lì yòng cháng é liù hào cóng yuè qiú bèi miàn nán jí shōu jí de yuè rǎng yàng pǐn kāi zhǎn le xì tǒng de xī yǒu qì tǐ tóng wèi sù fēn xī .
Chinese scientists conducted a systematic analysis of rare gas isotopes in lunar soil samples collected by the Chang'e-6 mission from the lunar south pole on the far side of the Moon.
长征五号遥十四火箭安全运抵文昌航天发射场,将执行嫦娥七号发射任务
cháng zhēng wǔ hào yáo shí sì huǒ jiàn ān quán yùn dǐ wén chāng háng tiān fā shè chǎng , jiāng zhí háng cháng é qī hào fā shè rèn wù
The Long March 5 Y14 rocket has safely arrived at the Wenchang Space Launch Site, where it will carry out the Chang’e-7 launch mission.
嫦娥六号补上关键“碎片”,我国团队成功绘制最精确月球化学成分图
cháng é liù hào bǔ shàng guān jiàn suì piàn , wǒ guó tuán duì chéng gōng huì zhì zuì jīng què yuè qiú huà xué chéng fēn tú
Chang'e-6 Fills in a Key "Piece of the Puzzle"; Chinese Team Successfully Maps the Most Precise Chemical Composition of the Moon
Character Family
Frequently Asked Questions
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