常 Strokes Write it Listen 常 cháng always; ever; often HSK 1 11 strokes Radical 巾 Sound + meaning 25 words Built from尚soundshàngstill, yet; even; fairly, rather巾meaningjīncloth, curtain, handkerchief, towel How it works巾 hints at the meaning (cloth), and 尚 shàng hints at the sound.