壯

See also: 壮
壯 U+58EF, 壯
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-58EF
← 壮
[U+58EE]
CJK Unified Ideographs 声 →
[U+58F0]

Translingual

Japanese 壮
Simplified 壮
Traditional 壯

Han character

壯 (Kangxi radical 33, 士+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 女一土 (VMG), four-corner 24210, composition ⿰爿士)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 243, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5643
  • Dae Jaweon: page 483, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 428, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+58EF

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *ʔsraŋs) : phonetic 爿 (OC *braːn, *zaŋ) + semantic 士.

Etymology 1

trad. 壯
simp. 壮*

Pronunciation


Note:
  • zhuǎng - dialectal variant for “robust; strong”, substituting for 奘. Popular in northern Mandarin, including the Beijing area.

Rime
Character 壯
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 莊 (18)
Final (韻) 陽 (105)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 側亮切
Baxter tsrjangH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡ʃɨɐŋH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʈ͡ʂiɐŋH/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡ʃiɑŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʈ͡ʂɨaŋH/
Li
Rong
/t͡ʃiaŋH/
Wang
Li
/t͡ʃĭaŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʈ͡ʂi̯aŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zhuàng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zong3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 壯
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
zhuàng
Middle
Chinese
‹ tsrjangH ›
Old
Chinese
/*[ts]<r>aŋ-s/
English robust

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 壯
Reading # 1/1
No. 10307
Phonetic
component
爿
Rime
group
陽
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
壯
Old
Chinese
/*ʔsraŋs/

Definitions

壯

  1. strong; robust
  2. to strengthen
  3. (dialectal, chiefly Hakka or Wu, of a person or an animal) fat
    人怕出名豬怕壯/人怕出名猪怕壮  ―  rén pà chūmíng zhū pà zhuàng  ―  Fame portends trouble for men just as fattening does for pigs.
  4. (traditional Chinese medicine) one burn of moxa in moxibustion
Synonyms
  • (to strengthen):
  • (fat):

Compounds

Etymology 2

trad. 壯
simp. 壮*
alternative forms 獞 obsolete
僮 obsolete

First written as 獞 (composed of 犭 (quǎn), the “beast” radical, and 童 (tóng), “servant”). Following the foundation of the People’s Republic of China, it was written as 僮 (with 亻 (rén), the “person” radical). Due to the derogatory connotations of the previous characters, it was officially amended to 壯/壮 (zhuàng, “strong; robust”) in 1965.

Pronunciation


Definitions

壯

  1. (~族) Zhuang, an ethnic group living primarily in Guangxi, China
    廣西壯族自治區/广西壮族自治区  ―  Guǎngxī zhuàngzú zìzhìqū  ―  Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region

Compounds

Etymology 3

trad. 壯
simp. 壮*

Pronunciation


Definitions

壯

  1. † Alternative form of 莊/庄 (zhuāng, “serious; solemn”)
  2. a surname

References

Japanese

Shinjitai

壮

Kyūjitai

壯

Kanji

壯

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 壮)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

壯 (eum 장 (jang))

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Vietnamese

Han character

壯: Hán Nôm readings: tráng, trắng

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