层
to pile on top of one another; layer; stratum; floor (of a building); story; (math.) sheaf; classifier for layers
7 strokes
Dict coverage rank #380 U+5C42
How 层 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
Simplified form of 層; 曾 provides the pronunciation
How to remember it
story · Heisig RSH #892
flag + rising cloud
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 层
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 电子层数 | diàn zǐ céng shù | electron shell number (chemistry) |
| 地层学 | dì céng xué | stratigraphy (geology) |
| 大气层 | dà qì céng | (meteorology) the atmosphere; atmospheric layer |
| 电子层 | diàn zǐ céng | electron shell (in the atom) |
| 中气层 | zhōng qì céng | (meteorology) mesosphere |
| 地面层 | dì miàn céng | ground floor; first floor |
| 文化层 | wén huà céng | cultural layer (in an archaeological dig) |
| 物理层 | wù lǐ céng | physical layer |
| 平流层 | píng liú céng | stratosphere |
| 子层 | zǐ céng | sublayer |
| 层子 | céng zi | stratum |
| 一层 | yī céng | one layer; one level |
| 自然层 | zì rán céng | natural layer (in an archaeological dig) |
| 中层 | zhōng céng | middle-ranking |
| 皮层性 | pí céng xìng | cortical |
| 地层 | dì céng | stratum (geology) |
| 龙门山断层 | Lóng mén shān duàn céng | Longmenshan fault line, a tectonically active thrust fault line at the northwest boundary … |
| 外层空间 | wài céng kōng jiān | outer space |
| 上层 | shàng céng | upper layer |
| 中间层 | zhōng jiān céng | (meteorology) mesosphere |