障

障 U+969C, 障 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-969C ← 際 [U+969B] CJK Unified Ideographs 隝 → [U+969D]

Contents

Translingual

Han character

障 (radical 170, 阜+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 弓中卜廿十 (NLYTJ), four-corner 7024₆, composition ⿰阝章)

References

• KangXi: page 1359, character 29
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41821
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4155, character 3
• Unihan data for U+969C

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		障

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 障
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhàng (zhang⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zoeng³
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): chiòng / chiàng / chiong

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ziang³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄤˋ
    • Wade–Giles: chang⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: janq
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zoeng³
    • Yale: jeung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng³
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêng³
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕœːŋ³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiòng
    • Tâi-lô: tsiòng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cioxng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /t͡ɕiɔŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiɔŋ¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiàng
    • Tâi-lô: tsiàng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciaxng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiaŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiaŋ¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiong
    • Tâi-lô: tsiong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciofng
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɔŋ³³/

Note:

• chiòng/chiàng - literary;
• chiong - vernacular (俗).

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: ziang³
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsiàng
  • IPA ^(key): /t͡siaŋ²¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡ɕɨɐŋ/, /t͡ɕɨɐŋ^H/▼

Rime
Character	障	障
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	章 (23)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	諸良切	之亮切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕɨɐŋ/	/t͡ɕɨɐŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕiɐŋ/	/t͡ɕiɐŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕiɑŋ/	/t͡ɕiɑŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cɨaŋ/	/cɨaŋH/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiaŋ/	/t͡ɕiaŋH/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭaŋ/	/t͡ɕĭaŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯aŋ/	/t͡ɕi̯aŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhāng	zhàng

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*kjaŋ/, /*kjaŋs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	障	障
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	16827	16831
Phonetic component	章	章
Rime group	陽	陽
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	章	障
Old Chinese	/*kjaŋ/	/*kjaŋs/

Definitions

障

1. to block; to separate; to cut off
2. to obstruct; to shield; to barricade
3. obstacle; barrier; impediment

Compounds

• 三障
• 二障
• 亭障
• 保障 (bǎozhàng)
• 內障／内障 (nèizhàng)
• 凝血障礙／凝血障碍
• 孽障 (nièzhàng)
• 孽障種子／孽障种子
• 屏障 (píngzhàng)
• 惡障／恶障
• 意識障礙／意识障碍
• 扳障
• 故障 (gùzhàng)
• 智障 (zhìzhàng)
• 板障
• 業障／业障 (yèzhàng)

• 步障
• 殘障／残障 (cánzhàng)
• 災障／灾障
• 煙燄障天／烟燄障天
• 熱障／热障
• 理障
• 發音障礙／发音障碍 (fāyīn zhàng'ài)
• 白內障／白内障 (báinèizhàng)
• 綠內障／绿内障 (lǜnèizhàng)
• 纏障／缠障
• 罪障
• 聽力障礙／听力障碍
• 聽障／听障 (tīngzhàng)
• 肢體殘障／肢体残障
• 行障

• 路障 (lùzhàng)
• 身心障礙／身心障碍 (shēnxīnzhàng'ài)
• 障塞
• 障子
• 障泥
• 障眼法
• 障礙／障碍 (zhàng'ài)
• 障礙物／障碍物 (zhàng'àiwù)
• 障礙賽跑／障碍赛跑
• 障翳
• 障蔽
• 青紗障／青纱障
• 音障
• 風障／风障
• 魔障 (mózhàng)

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Japanese

Kanji

障

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)^{←しやう (syau, historical)}
• Kan-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)^{←しやう (syau, historical)}
• Kun: さわる (sawaru, 障る, Jōyō)^{←さはる (safaru, historical)}; へだてる (hedateru, 障てる); ふせぐ (fusegu, 障ぐ)

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Korean

Hanja

障 • (jang) (hangeul 장, revised jang, McCune–Reischauer chang, Yale cang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

障 (chướng)

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