chéng
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 (used in given names) Cheng

Examples

Zhège zì hěn shǎojiàn, jīhū zhǐ yòngyú rénmíng.
This character is rare and is used almost only in personal names.

Tips

history
has no general dictionary meaning and is not used as a word. It exists almost entirely as a given-name character, chosen for the lucky sound chéng (suggesting 'success') plus the solid 'metal' radical.
register
Name-character only — you will only meet in people's names, not in ordinary text.

Components

radical
jīn
metal; gold (left-side radical form of 金)
The left-side metal radical (squeezed form of ) puts among metal characters. In name use it adds a sense of strength and solidity rather than a literal metal.
phonetic
chéng
to become; to succeed
Right side supplies the sound chéng directly with no tone change, and its 'succeed / accomplish' meaning is exactly why parents pick this character for a name — a built-in lucky connotation.

Stroke Order

chéng