常

cháng

always

surname Chang; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant

cloth (巾) + sound (尚) = always, common, constant

巾 refers to a cloth or banner — something draped, everyday, ever-present. 尚 mainly gives the sound cháng; the cloth radical grounds the sense of something that is always there, ordinary and constant.

尚+巾→常
尚StillPhonetic
巾ClothSemantic

她常常在早上喝一杯茶。

tā cháng cháng zài zǎo shang hē yī bēi chá。

She often drinks a cup of tea in the morning.

他不常回家,家人都很想他。

tā bù cháng huí jiā,jiā rén dōu hěn xiǎng tā。

He doesn't come home frequently, and his family misses him a lot.

Words with 常

惯常

guàn cháng

usual

反复无常

fǎn fù wú cháng

unstable

常住

cháng zhù

long-term resident

常熟

cháng shú

see 常熟市[Chang2 shu2 Shi4]

介电常数

jiè diàn cháng shù

dielectric constant

常州市

cháng zhōu shì

Changzhou, prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province 江蘇省|江苏省[Jiang1 su1 Sheng3]

正常化

zhèng cháng huà

normalization (of diplomatic relations etc)

超常

chāo cháng

exceptional; well above average

人之常情

rén zhī cháng qíng

human nature (idiom)

常驻

cháng zhù

resident

常委

cháng wěi

standing committee (abbr. for 常務委員會|常务委员会[chang2 wu4 wei3 yuan2 hui4])

通常

tōng cháng

regular; usual; normal

More characters with 尚

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