層 (céng) — a floor, story; a layer

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層 character · TOCFL 2 (est.)

層＝尸＋曾

ㄘㄥˊ · céng

noun/measure — a floor, story; a layer

字源 FORM — what the parts do

尸義a roof, a built shelter — here the storied building

曾聲céng — gives the sound, and a sense of pilingstacked, one over another

A built shelter (尸) with 曾 céng beneath, lending the sound and a hint of its own piled-up sense. Floors stacked one over another: a story, 一層樓; then any layer, 層次; then level on level, 層層.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

一座屋（尸）下，曾（曾）一層疊一層往上加——這是層。

Under one shelter (尸), 曾 stacks floor on floor going up — the story.

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意 · Meanings

(本義)一層樓、樓層— a floor, story常用

→層次、階層— layer, level常用

⇒層層、層出不窮— layer upon layer

(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension