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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

components: 尸 云

How to remember it

story · Heisig RSH #892

flag + rising cloud

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words containing 层

WordPinyinMeaning
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