壮

See also: 壯

壮 U+58EE, 壮 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-58EE ← 壭 [U+58ED] CJK Unified Ideographs 壯 → [U+58EF]

壮 U+2F851, 壮 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F851 ← 切 [U+2F850] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 城 → [U+2F852]

Translingual

Japanese	壮
Simplified	壮
Traditional	壯

Han character

壮 (radical 33, 士+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 中一土 (LMG) or 戈中土 (ILG), four-corner 3411₀, composition ⿰丬士(U+58EE) or ⿰丬土(U+2F851))

Derived characters

• 荘, 装

Related characters

• 壯 (Orthodox traditional form of 壮)

References

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

• Unihan data for U+2F851

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Chinese

Glyph 1

This section refers to ⿰丬士 glyph.

Glyph origin

Simplified from 壯 (爿 → 丬)

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 壮 – see 壯 (“strong; robust; to strengthen; etc.”). (This character, 壮, is the simplified and variant form of 壯.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00833-003#37

Glyph 2

This section refers to ⿰丬土 glyph.

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 壮 – see 壯 (“strong; robust; to strengthen; etc.”). (This character, 壮, is a variant form of 壯.)

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00833-001#18

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 壮 – see 牡 (“male of animals; male genitals; etc.”). (This character, 壮, is a variant form of 牡.)

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A02490-004#17

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Japanese

Shinjitai	壮
Kyūjitai	壯

Kanji

壮

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

Readings

• Go-on: しょう (shō)^{←さう (sau, historical)}
• Kan-on: そう (sō, Jōyō)^{←しやう (syau, historical)}
• Kun: さかん (sakan, 壮ん)
• Nanori: つよし (tsuyoshi)

Adjective

壮(さかん) • (sakan) -na (adnominal 壮(さかん)な (sakan na), adverbial 壮(さかん)に (sakan ni))

1. Alternative form of 盛ん

Proper noun

壮(そう) • (Sō)  (historical kana さう)

1. A male given name

Proper noun

壮(つよし) • (Tsuyoshi) 

1. A male given name

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Vietnamese

Han character

壮: Hán Nôm readings: tráng

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

References

• Nom Foundation