壮

See also 壯

Translingual

Etymology

Simplified from 壯 (爿 → 丬)

Han character

壮 (radical 33 士+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 中一土 (LMG))

1. big, large
2. robust
3. the Zhuang, an ethnic group living primarily in Guangxi, China

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 243, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5642
• Dae Jaweon: page 483, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 420, character 6
• Unihan data for U+58EE

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Cantonese

Hanzi

壮 (traditional 壯, Yale jong3)

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Japanese

Kanji

壮 (common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 壯)

Readings

• Kan'on: そう (sō)
• Kun: さかん (sakan)
• Nanori: つよし (tsuyoshi)

Adjective

壮 (な-na inflection, hiragana さかん, romaji sakan)

1. Alternative spelling of 盛ん.

Proper noun

壮 (hiragana そう, romaji Sō, historical hiragana さう)

1. A male given name

Proper noun

壮 (hiragana つよし, romaji Tsuyoshi)

1. A male given name

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Korean

Hanja

壮 (hangeul 장, revised jang, McCune-Reischauer chang)

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

壮 (traditional 壯, pinyin zhuàng (zhuang4), Wade-Giles chuang⁴)

Compounds

• 壮大
• 壮胆
• 壮观
• 壮健
• 壮阔
• 壮丽
• 壮烈
• 壮美
• 壮门面
• 壮年
• 壮实
• 壮行
• 壮语 (Zhuàngyǔ)
• 壮志
• 壮族