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妝

zhuāng

to adorn oneself

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

Components
爿 sound component

爿  Sound component

pán, qiáng

  

piece of wood

女 meaning component

女  Meaning component

nǚ, rǔ

  

woman

Evolution

妝 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
妝 Bronze script Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Bronze script

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
妝 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
妝 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
妝 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

妆 (妝) 

zhuāng

to adorn oneself, dress up, use make-up; (of a woman) to adorn oneself; makeup; adornment; trousseau; stage makeup and costume

Most common words with 妝
Freq.
Word
Meaning

化妆

to put on makeup

妆

makeup

化妆品

cosmetic

卸妆

to remove makeup

嫁妆

dowry

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[ts]raŋ

tsrjang

zhuāng

adorn (Shuōwén)


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 12.4139% of movies

1734th most common character in movies

2639th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Simplified

妆

Unicode

U+599D

Shuowen

“妝，飾也。从女，牀省聲。”


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