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壯

zhuàng

big, strong

Phonosemantic compound. 士 represents the meaning and 爿 represents the sound.

Components
爿 sound,meaning component

爿  Sound Meaning component

pán, qiáng

  

piece of wood

士 meaning component

士  Meaning component

shì

  

scholar, soldier

Evolution

壯 Bronze script Early Warring States (~400 BC)

Bronze script

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

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
壯 Regular script Modern

Regular 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 壯
Freq.
Word
Meaning

强壮

strong

壮

strong

壮大

to expand

壮观

spectacular

健壮

robust

Component uses

Sound component in 3 characters (2 verified)

裝 莊 奘

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[ts]<r>aŋ-s

tsrjangH

zhuàng

robust


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

7

Simplified

壮

Unicode

U+58EF

Shuowen

“壯，大也，从士，爿聲。”


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