呈 (chéng): to present; to submit

Meanings

1 to present; to submit
2 to show; to display; to assume (a form)

Characters

呈

chéng

present; display; submit

Examples

HSK 3

请把报告呈上来。

Qǐng bǎ bàogào chéng shànglái.

Please submit the report.

HSK 4

树叶呈绿色。

Shùyè chéng lǜsè.

The leaves are green (display a green color).

HSK 5

这座城市呈现出新面貌。

Zhè zuò chéngshì chéngxiàn chū xīn miànmào.

The city shows a new appearance.

Tips

usage

呈 is formal. 呈现 (to present/display) is more common in modern Chinese. 呈 alone meaning 'to submit' appears in official/bureaucratic contexts.

Components

radical

口 kǒu

mouth

Mouth on top - the indexing radical. Points to the verbal-act sense: presenting a report or making a formal declaration was originally a spoken submission to a superior. The radical groups 呈 with other speech-act characters (呼, 叫, 吩, 呼吁).

phonetic

王 wáng

king (here phonetic, historically 壬)

Bottom looks like 王 (king) in modern shape, but historically derives from 壬 (9th heavenly stem). Supplies the sound: rén to chéng with substantial Old Chinese drift. Same phonetic in 程 (procedure), 廷 (court), 庭 (courtyard) - all share the chéng/tíng cluster.