嫦

cháng

noun

Meanings

1 used in 嫦娥, the moon goddess

Characters

嫦

cháng

moon goddess (in 嫦娥)

Examples

HSK 7-9

传说嫦娥吃了仙药后飞向月亮。

Chuánshuō Cháng'é chī le xiānyào hòu fēi xiàng yuèliang.

The legend says Chang'e flew to the moon after taking the elixir.

HSK 7-9

中国的嫦娥探月工程以月神命名。

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

女 nǚ

woman; female

The woman radical 女 on the left marks this as the name of a woman, the moon goddess Chang'e.

phonetic

常 cháng

often; constant (phonetic)

常 (cháng, often, constant) sits on the right and gives the exact sound with no tone change. It contributes only the pronunciation.

Stroke Order

嫦 cháng

嫦