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常 (pinyin cháng, "often, usual") is an HSK 2 Mandarin character with 11 strokes, built on the radical 巾.

常

New
cháng

often, usual

Tone 2 · Second tone (rising)

Radical
巾
Strokes
11
HSK
2 · tier 2a

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Radical family

Other characters built on the same radical 巾. Often shares meaning category.

Pinyin neighbors

Characters with the same rime -ang, same-tone matches first. Many are true phonetic relatives; others are coincidental.