Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

程: extent, degree

Also: law, formula, distance, limits, amount

JLPT N312 strokesGrade 5Your ink: 白 Not met

禾 carries the meaning · 呈 gives the sound

12 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

テイtei · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 程度ていどdegree, grade
  • 音程おんていmusical interval
  • 過程かていprocess
  • 日程にっていitinerary, day's agenda
  • 方程式ほうていしきequation

ほどhodo · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 程ほどdegree, extent
  • 三日程みっかほどabout three days
  • 先程さきほどsome time ago

Also read -ほど, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.

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Where it comes from

Origin · sourced

Phono-semantic compound (形聲)禾 grain (meaning) + 呈 (sound)

Measurements.

Source: Wiktionary, 程 (rev. 93443731), CC BY-SA 4.0

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“The harvest is ready! Imagine a field of golden rice bowing its head in the autumn breeze.”
More in the 禾 grain story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
禾

Also built on grain (禾)

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Also read テイ

29 kanji share this on'yomiAll 29

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
程 extent · 呈
vs税 tax · 兌
程 has 呈 where 税 has 兌.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · chéng

Same form: 程 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
程 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
程 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin chéng most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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