城 Strokes Write it Listen 城 chéng city walls; city; town HSK 3 9 strokes Radical 土 Sound + meaning 10 words Built from土meaningtǔsoil, earth; items made of earth成soundchéngto accomplish; to become; to complete, to finish; to succeed How it works土 hints at the meaning (earth), and 成 chéng hints at the sound.