Chinese Character Wiki
壮

zhuàng

big, strong

Phonosemantic compound. 士 represents the meaning and 丬 represents the sound. Simplified form of 壯.

Components
丬 sound,meaning component

丬  Sound Meaning component

qiáng

  

piece of wood

丬 is a component form of 爿.

士 meaning component

士  Meaning component

shì

  

scholar, soldier

Evolution

壮 Bronze script Early Warring States (~400 BC)

Bronze script

Early Warring States (~400 BC)
壮 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
壮 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
壮 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
壮 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

壮 (壯) 

zhuàng

big, large; robust; name of tribe; to strengthen; strong

壮 (壯) 

Zhuàng

Zhuang ethnic group of Guangxi, the PRC's second most numerous ethnic group

Most common words with 壮
Freq.
Word
Meaning

强壮

strong

壮

strong

壮大

to expand

壮观

spectacular

健壮

robust

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (1 verified)

装

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 20.8073% of movies

1509th most common character in movies

1432nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Traditional

壯

Unicode

U+58EE


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