How to Write 铖 (chéng) — Meaning “Cheng (often used in names)”

Imagine a metal (钅) trophy that has 'success' (成) written on it — this trophy is given to someone named Cheng. Or think: "Metal plus success equals a successful name, Cheng." This links the radical and phonetic part to the idea of a name.

Pay attention to the left radical 钅 — it has five strokes and should be narrow, not as wide as the full 金 character. The right side 成 starts with a horizontal stroke, then a left-falling stroke, and ends with a curved hook; a common mistake is writing the hook too large or forgetting the dot inside 成.

Though all three share the metal radical 钅, the right side differs: 铖 has 成 (chéng), 钙 has 丐 (gài, meaning 'beggar'), and 钚 has 不 (bù, meaning 'no'). Their pronunciations and meanings are completely different: 钙 means 'calcium', 钚 means 'plutonium', while 铖 is only used in names.

Common words containing 铖 include: 名字 (míng zì) — Name; 姓铖 (xìng chéng) — Surname Cheng; 铖字 (chéng zì) — The character 'Cheng'.