chencang
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Ch’en-ts'ang, an ancient name for Tang Feng-hsiang, the modern Pao-chi (Precious Pheasant) county, Shensi. The name derives from the story Wei alludes to: In ancient times, Duke Wen of Ch'in was hunting at Ch'en-ts’ang and encountered the magic bird on the north slope of Ch'en-ts'ang Mountain. It seemed like a stone and was the color of liver. When he returned, he sacrificed to it. It was thought to come from the southeast and possessed a voice like thunder which made all the wild pheasants call."
- "A gold tiger fitting from Weijiaya, Chencang District, Baoji City, dating to the Warring States Period (475-221 BC), has decorative spirals on its haunches very much like many of the animals found in Early La Tène contexts—the dogs on the rim of the Basse-Yutz flagons and the hybrid creature on the lid of the jug in Grave 2 at the Glauberg, for example."
- "The main objective of this study was to apply a statistical (information value) model using geographic information system (GIS) to the Chencang District of Baoji, China."
- "He Zun, an early Western Zhou bronze vessel was unearthed from Jiacun Town, Baoji prefecture in Shaanxi Province (now known as Chencang District of Baoji) in 1963."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: -, 陳倉