Chinese Character Wiki

杖

zhàng

cane

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 丈 represents the sound.

Components
木 meaning component

木  Meaning component

mù

  

tree

丈 sound component

丈  Sound component

zhàng

  

unit of length ~ 3 meters

Evolution

杖 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
杖 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
杖 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
杖 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
杖 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

杖  

zhàng

cane, walking stick; a staff; a rod; cane; walking stick; to flog with a stick (old)

Most common words with 杖
Freq.
Word
Meaning

杖

a staff

拐杖

crutches

手杖

cane

魔杖

magic wand

权杖

scepter

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 3.5880% of movies

2506th most common character in movies

2435th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Unicode

U+6756

Shuowen

“杖，持也。从木，丈聲。”


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