層 — cheung

Parts that make up 層

How 層 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 層 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 尸, 曾.

Korean example words with 層

• 다층多層 Korean gloss: 여러 층
• 중층重層 Korean gloss: 여러 층
• 기층氣層 Korean gloss: 대기의 층
• 내층內層 Korean gloss: 안쪽의 층
• 층당層當 Korean gloss: 낱낱의 층
• 층수層數 Korean gloss: 층의 수효
• 각층各層 Korean gloss: 저마다의 등급
• 층층層層 Korean gloss: 거듭된 낱낱의 층
• 저층低層 Korean gloss: 건물의 층수가 적은 것
• 층별層別 Korean gloss: 층에 따라서 나눈 구별
• 층등層等 Korean gloss: 서로 구별되는 층과 등급
• 수층水層 Korean gloss: 물로 된 층. 또는 물의 층

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 層

• 一層いっそう even more; still more; all the more
• 高層こうそう high-rise (building); multistory; multistoried
• 断層だんそう fault; dislocation; gap
• 階層かいそう class; level; stratum
• 地層ちそう stratum; geological formation; layer
• 年齢層ねんれいそう age range; age-group; age bracket
• 上層じょうそう upper stratum (classes, stories, storeys); upper layer; layer above
• 無党派層むとうはそう unaffiliated voters; floating voters; swinging voters
• 深層しんそう depths; deep level
• 重層じゅうそう multistoried; multilayered
• 成層圏せいそうけん stratosphere
• 下層かそう lower layer; layer beneath; lower strata (classes)

Characters sharing the phonetic 曾

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “증” in Korean.

Other hanja read “층”

Other hanja with radical 尸