cháng
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 used in 嫦娥, the moon goddess

Examples

Chuánshuō Cháng'é chī le xiānyào hòu fēi xiàng yuèliang.
The legend says Chang'e flew to the moon after taking the elixir.
Zhōngguó de Cháng'é tànyuè gōngchéng yǐ yuè shén mìngmíng.
China's Chang'e program is named after the moon goddess.

Tips

culture
This character exists only in 嫦娥 (Cháng'é), the woman who drank the elixir of immortality and floated up to live on the moon. China's lunar exploration spacecraft are named after her.

Components

radical
woman; female
The woman radical on the left marks this as the name of a woman, the moon goddess Chang'e.
phonetic
cháng
often; constant (phonetic)
(cháng, often, constant) sits on the right and gives the exact sound with no tone change. It contributes only the pronunciation.

Stroke Order

cháng