chéng

short name for Chengdu 成都[Cheng2 du1]

surname Cheng; to succeed; to finish; to complete; to accomplish; to become; to turn into; to be all right; OK!; one tenth

nail down (丁) + halberd (戈) = accomplish and complete

A warrior drives a halberd into a task and does not stop until it is done. 丁 here mainly contributes sound (chéng shares its tone family); 戈 carries the force of decisive action.

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A nailPhonetic
A halberdSemantic

Words with 成

速成

sù chéng

crash (course)

速成班

sù chéng bān

intensive course

造成

zào chéng

to bring about; to create; to cause

达成

dá chéng

to reach (an agreement)

达成协议

dá chéng xié yì

to reach agreement

边际成本

biān jì chéng běn

marginal cost

郑成功

zhèng chéng gōng

Koxinga (1624-1662), military leader

酿成

niàng chéng

to make (wine or spirits)

金日成

jīn rì chéng

Kim Il Sung (1912-1994) Great Leader of North Korea

铁杵成针

tiě chǔ chéng zhēn

see 磨杵成針|磨杵成针[mo2 chu3 cheng2 zhen1]

铸成

zhù chéng

to cast in metal

铸成大错

zhù chéng dà cuò

to make a serious mistake (idiom)

More characters with 丁