曾 céng
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 曰 — to speak
- Made of
- 丷 horns 日 sun
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
曾经
céngjīng
once; in the past
Characters in this word
经 jīng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 纟 — silk
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我曾经去过。 Wǒ céng jīng qù guo. I went there once.
- 他曾经很忙。 Tā céng jīng hěn máng. He was once very busy.
- 她曾经住这里。 Tā céng jīng zhù zhè lǐ. She once lived here.