zhāng
jade ornament
Phonosemantic compound. 玉 represents the meaning and 章 represents the sound.
Evolution
Bronze script
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 璋
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
Zhu Yuanzhang, personal name of first Ming dynasty emperor Hongwu 洪武[Hóngwǔ] | ||
ancient stone ornament |
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