樟

樟 U+6A1F, 樟 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6A1F ← 樞 [U+6A1E] CJK Unified Ideographs 樠 → [U+6A20]

Contents

Translingual

Han character

樟 (radical 75, 木+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 木卜廿十 (DYTJ), four-corner 4094₆, composition ⿰木章)

1. camphor tree

References

• KangXi: page 550, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15451
• Dae Jaweon: page 939, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1284, character 2
• Unihan data for U+6A1F

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		樟

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (章) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
章	*kjaŋ
樟	*kjaŋ
彰	*kjaŋ
漳	*kjaŋ
鄣	*kjaŋ
璋	*kjaŋ
嫜	*kjaŋ
獐	*kjaŋ
慞	*kjaŋ
墇	*kjaŋ, *kjaŋs
障	*kjaŋ, *kjaŋs
麞	*kjaŋ
蔁	*kjaŋ
暲	*kjaŋ
嶂	*kjaŋs
瘴	*kjaŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kjaŋ): semantic 木 (“tree”) + phonetic 章 (OC *kjaŋ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhāng (zhang¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zoeng¹
• Min Nan (POJ): chiuⁿ / chioⁿ / chiong / chiang

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄤ
    • Wade–Giles: chang¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jang
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhang
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zoeng¹
    • Yale: jēung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêng¹
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃœ̽ːŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Taichung, Hsinchu, Lukang, Sanxia, Yilan, Kinmen, Magong)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiuⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tsiunn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cviw
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiũ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Kinmen): /t͡ɕiũ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Tainan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chioⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tsionn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cvioy
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɔ̃⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiong
    • Tâi-lô: tsiong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciofng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɔŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiang
    • Tâi-lô: tsiang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciafng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiaŋ⁴⁴/

Note:

• chiuⁿ/chioⁿ - vernacular;
• chiong/chiang - literary.

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡ɕɨɐŋ/▼

Rime
Character	樟
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	諸良切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕɨɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕiɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕiɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cɨaŋ/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiaŋ/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭaŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯aŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhāng

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*kjaŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	樟
Reading #	1/1
No.	16818
Phonetic component	章
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	章
Old Chinese	/*kjaŋ/
Notes	見戰國策

Definitions

樟

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Compounds

• 栳樟
• 樟村坪 (Zhāngcūnpíng)
• 樟樹／樟树 (zhāngshù)
• 樟腦／樟脑 (zhāngnǎo)

• 樟腦丸／樟脑丸 (zhāngnǎowán)
• 樟腦油／樟脑油
• 樟腦精／樟脑精
• 樟蠶／樟蚕

• 香樟
• 黃樟素／黄樟素
• 黑樟溝／黑樟沟 (Hēizhānggōu)

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Japanese

Kanji

樟

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• Go-on: しょう (shō)
• Kan-on: しょう (shō)
• Kun: くす (kusu)

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Korean

Hanja

樟 (eum 장 (jang))

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Vietnamese

Han character

樟: Hán Nôm readings: chương

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References

• Nom Foundation