莊

See also: 荘

莊	U+838A, 莊 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-838A

← 莉
[U+8389]

CJK Unified Ideographs

莋 →
[U+838B]

Translingual

Traditional	莊
Shinjitai	荘
Simplified	庄

Han character

莊 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 廿女一土 (TVMG), four-corner 4421₄, composition ⿱艹壯)

Derived characters

糚𫱡𭫨𣼥𨫲

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1033, character 22
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31035
Dae Jaweon: page 1492, character 26
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3226, character 5
Unihan data for U+838A

Chinese

trad.		莊
simp.		庄^*
alternative forms		荘庒㽵

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (爿) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
臧	*ʔsaːŋ
牂	*ʔsaːŋ
戕	kaːl, ʔsaːŋ, *zaŋ
贓	*ʔsaːŋ
藏	zaːŋ, zaːŋs
奘	zaːŋʔ, zaːŋs
臟	*zaːŋs
將	ʔsaŋ, ʔsaŋs
漿	*ʔsaŋ
鱂	*ʔsaŋ
蔣	ʔsaŋ, ʔsaŋʔ
螿	*ʔsaŋ
槳	*ʔsaŋʔ
獎	*ʔsaŋʔ
醬	*ʔsaŋs
鏘	*sʰaŋ
蹡	sʰaŋ, ʔshaŋs
嶈	*sʰaŋ
斨	*sʰaŋ
爿	braːn, zaŋ
牆	*zaŋ
妝	*ʔsraŋ
莊	*ʔsraŋ
裝	ʔsraŋ, ʔsraŋs
壯	*ʔsraŋs
疒	rnɯːɡ, zraŋ
床	*zraŋ
牀	*zraŋ
狀	*zraŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔsraŋ) : semantic 艸 + phonetic 壯 (OC *ʔsraŋs).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): zhuāng (zhuang¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄤ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): zuang¹

(Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): bvǎng

(Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): zhuàn

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): җуон (žuon, I)
Cantonese (Jyutping): zong¹
Gan (Wiktionary): zong¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chông

(Hailu, HRS): zong^ˋ

(Meixian, Guangdong): zong¹
Jin (Wiktionary): zuon¹
Northern Min (KCR): có̤ng
Eastern Min (BUC): cŏng
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zung¹ / zng¹ / zorng¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chng / choⁿ / chong / choang

(Teochew, Peng'im): zeng¹ / zuang¹ / zang¹
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ¹tsaon / ¹tsuan
- (Jinhua): ¹ciuaon
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): jyan¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhuāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhuang
  - Wade–Giles: chuang¹
  - Yale: jwāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juang
  - Palladius: чжуан (čžuan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhuāngr
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄤㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhuangr
  - Wade–Giles: chuang¹-ʼrh
  - Yale: jwāngr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juangl
  - Palladius: чжуанр (čžuanr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯ɑ̃ɻ⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: zuang¹
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: zuong
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡suaŋ⁵⁵/
- (Xi'an)
  - Guanzhong Pinyin: bvǎng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /p͡faŋ²¹/
- (Nanjing)
  - Nanjing Pinyin: zhuàn
  - Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): zhuan¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂuã³¹/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: җуон (žuon, I)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂuɑŋ²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zong¹
  - Yale: jōng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzong¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zong¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːŋ⁵⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: zong¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔŋ⁴²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chông
  - Hakka Romanization System: zong^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zong¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡soŋ²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: zong^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡soŋ⁵³/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: zong¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: zuon¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡suɒ̃¹¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: có̤ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔŋ⁵⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: cŏng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡souŋ⁵⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: zung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡suŋ⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: zng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sŋ̍⁵³³/
- (Putian, Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: zorng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɒŋ⁵³³/

Note:

zung1/zng1 - vernacular (including surname);
zorng1 - literary.

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chng
  - Tâi-lô: tsng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zngf
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sŋ̍⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /t͡sŋ̍³³/
- (Hokkien: Changtai)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tsonn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zvof
  - IPA (Changtai): /t͡sɔ̃⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, Changtai, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chong
  - Tâi-lô: tsong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zofng
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Changtai, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /t͡sɔŋ³³/
- (Hokkien: Longyan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choang
  - Tâi-lô: tsuang
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zoafng
  - IPA (Longyan): /t͡suaŋ³³⁴/

Note:

chng/choⁿ - vernacular (including surname);
chong - literary.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: zeng¹ / zuang¹ / zang¹
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsṳng / tsuang / tsang
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɯŋ³³/, /t͡suaŋ³³/, /t͡saŋ³³/

Note:

zeng1 - vernacular (“surname; banker; village; shop”);
zuang1 - literary (“village; shop”);
zang1 - literary (“solemn”).

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai, Suzhou, Jiaxing, Shaoxing, Ningbo)
  - Wugniu: ¹tsaon
  - MiniDict: tsaon^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tsaan
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sɑ̃⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /t͡sɑ̃⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /t͡sɑ̃⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /t͡sɒŋ⁵²/
  - Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /t͡sɔ̃⁵²/
- (Northern: Hangzhou)
  - Wugniu: ¹tsuan
  - MiniDict: tsuan^平
  - Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /t͡szʷæ̃³³⁴/
- (Jinhua)
  - Wugniu: ¹ciuaon
  - Sinological IPA (Jinhua): /t͡ɕyɑŋ³³⁴/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: jyan¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯æn³³/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 莊
Mandarin	Beijing	/ʈ͡ʂuɑŋ⁵⁵/
	Harbin	/ʈ͡ʂuaŋ⁴⁴/
	Tianjin	/t͡suɑŋ²¹/
	Jinan	/ʈ͡ʂuaŋ²¹³/
	Qingdao	/ʈ͡ʂuaŋ²¹³/
	Zhengzhou	/ʈ͡ʂuaŋ²⁴/
	Xi'an	/p͡faŋ²¹/
	Xining	/ʈ͡ʂuɔ̃⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/ʈ͡ʂuɑŋ⁴⁴/
	Lanzhou	/p͡fɑ̃³¹/
	Ürümqi	/ʈ͡ʂuɑŋ⁴⁴/
	Wuhan	/t͡suaŋ⁵⁵/
	Chengdu	/t͡suaŋ⁵⁵/
	Guiyang	/t͡suaŋ⁵⁵/
	Kunming	/ʈ͡ʂuã̠⁴⁴/
	Nanjing	/ʈ͡ʂuaŋ³¹/
	Hefei	/ʈ͡ʂuɑ̃²¹/
Jin	Taiyuan	/t͡suɒ̃¹¹/
	Pingyao	/t͡suɑŋ¹³/ /t͡suə¹³/ ～子
	Hohhot	/t͡suɑ̃³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/t͡sɑ̃⁵³/
	Suzhou	/t͡sɑ̃⁵⁵/
	Hangzhou	/t͡sz̩ʷɑŋ³³/
	Wenzhou	/t͡suɔ³³/
Hui	Shexian	/t͡so³¹/
Hui	Tunxi	/t͡sau¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/t͡ɕyan³³/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/t͡sɔn³³/
Gan	Nanchang	/t͡sɔŋ⁴²/
Hakka	Meixian	/t͡soŋ⁴⁴/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/t͡soŋ²⁴/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/t͡sɔŋ⁵³/
	Nanning	/t͡sɔŋ⁵⁵/
	Hong Kong	/t͡sɔŋ⁵⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/t͡sɔŋ⁵⁵/ /t͡sŋ̍⁵⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/t͡souŋ⁴⁴/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/t͡sɔŋ⁵⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/t͡sɯŋ³³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/t͡suaŋ²³/

Middle Chinese: tsrjang

Rime
Character	莊
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	莊 (18)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	側羊切
Baxter	tsrjang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ʃɨɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈ͡ʂiɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ʃiɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈ͡ʂɨaŋ/
Li Rong	/t͡ʃiaŋ/
Wang Li	/t͡ʃĭaŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʈ͡ʂi̯aŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhuāng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zong¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[ts]raŋ/

(Zhengzhang): /*ʔsraŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	莊
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhuāng
Middle Chinese	‹ tsrjang ›
Old Chinese	/*[ts]raŋ/
English	dignified, grave
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	莊
Reading #	1/1
No.	10305
Phonetic component	爿
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	莊
Old Chinese	/*ʔsraŋ/

Definitions

莊

^† grassy
village; farmstead; hamlet
villa; manor
thoroughfare; main road
place of business; shop
(gambling) dealer; banker
莊閒／庄闲 ― zhuāngxián ― the dealer and the players
solemn; serious
(Hong Kong Cantonese, university slang) student association; student union (Classifier: 支 c)
a surname: Zhuang
莊存與／庄存与 ― Zhuāng Cúnyǔ ― Zhuang Cunyu (Qing dynasty Confucian scholar)

Synonyms

(village):

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堡子
塢／坞 (wù) (literary, or in compounds)
屯 (literary, or in compounds)
屯落 (túnluò)
村塢／村坞 (cūnwù) (literary)
村子 (cūnzi)
村盤子／村盘子 ('cun¹ pon² zi) (Gan)
村莊／村庄 (cūnzhuāng)
村落 (cūnluò)
社里 (Hokkien)
聚 (jù) (literary, or in compounds)
聚落 (jùluò)
莊仔／庄仔 (Hakka)
莊子／庄子
莊頭／庄头 (Hakka, Hokkien)
農村／农村 (nóngcūn)
農莊／农庄 (nóngzhuāng)
鄉村／乡村 (xiāngcūn)
鄉莊／乡庄 (xiāngzhuāng)

(solemn):

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厲害／厉害 (lìhài)
嚴／严 (yán)
嚴厲／严厉 (yánlì)
嚴峻／严峻 (yánjùn)
嚴正／严正 (yánzhèng)
嚴肅／严肃 (yánsù)
嚴酷／严酷 (yánkù)
尊重 (zūnzhòng)
整肅／整肃 (zhěngsù)
正經／正经
淩厲／凌厉 (línglì) (literary)
狠狠 (hěnhěn)
矜持 (jīnchí)
莊重／庄重 (zhuāngzhòng)
鄭重／郑重 (zhèngzhòng)

Compounds

上莊／上庄 (Shàngzhuāng)
丈莊／丈庄 (Zhàngzhuāng)
任莊／任庄 (Rénzhuāng)
做莊／做庄 (zuòzhuāng)
冷莊子／冷庄子
剔莊貨／剔庄货
劉德莊／刘德庄 (Liúdézhuāng)
包莊／包庄
南湖山莊／南湖山庄 (Nánhú Shānzhuāng)
咆哮山莊／咆哮山庄
唐莊／唐庄 (Tángzhuāng)
地下錢莊／地下钱庄 (dìxiàqiánzhuāng)
坐莊／坐庄 (zuòzhuāng)
夏新莊／夏新庄 (Xiàxīnzhuāng)
大閆各莊／大闫各庄 (Dàyángèzhuāng)
官莊／官庄
寶相莊嚴／宝相庄严
寶莊／宝庄
山莊／山庄 (shānzhuāng)
布莊／布庄 (bùzhuāng)
平泉莊／平泉庄
平直康莊／平直康庄
庄跤／莊跤 (chng-kha)
康莊／康庄 (kāngzhuāng)
康莊大道／康庄大道 (kāngzhuāngdàdào)
張家莊／张家庄 (Zhāngjiāzhuāng)
張莊／张庄 (Zhāngzhuāng)
彭莊／彭庄 (Péngzhuāng)
打路莊板／打路庄板
整莊／整庄
新莊／新庄 (Xīnzhuāng)
李富莊／李富庄 (Lǐfùzhuāng)
村莊／村庄 (cūnzhuāng)
果莊／果庄 (Guǒzhuāng)
楊莊／杨庄 (Yángzhuāng)
楚莊問鼎／楚庄问鼎
楚莊絕纓／楚庄绝缨
永興莊／永兴庄 (Yǒngxīngzhuāng)
焦家莊／焦家庄 (Jiāojiāzhuāng)
牛莊／牛庄 (Niúzhuāng)
牛莊／牛庄 (Niúzhuāng)
王老莊／王老庄 (Wánglǎozhuāng)
王莊／王庄 (Wángzhuāng)
田莊／田庄 (tiánzhuāng)
發莊／发庄
看莊／看庄 (Kànzhuāng)
矜莊／矜庄
石家莊／石家庄 (Shíjiāzhuāng)
票莊／票庄 (piàozhuāng)
秋莊稼／秋庄稼
種莊稼／种庄稼
端莊／端庄 (duānzhuāng)
義莊／义庄 (yìzhuāng)
老莊／老庄 (Lǎo-Zhuāng)
老莊哲學／老庄哲学
老莊思想／老庄思想
肖莊／肖庄
臺兒莊／台兒莊／台儿庄 (Tái'érzhuāng)
茶莊／茶庄
莊主／庄主 (zhuāngzhǔ)
莊周夢蝶／庄周梦蝶 (zhuāngzhōumèngdié)
莊嚴／庄严 (zhuāngyán)
莊園／庄园 (zhuāngyuán)
莊園制度／庄园制度
莊子／庄子
莊子鼓盆／庄子鼓盆
莊客／庄客
莊家／庄家 (zhuāngjiā)
莊家山／庄家山 (Zhuāngjiāshān)
莊家鋪／庄家铺 (Zhuāngjiāpù)
莊戶／庄户 (zhuānghù)
莊房／庄房
莊敬／庄敬 (zhuāngjìng)
莊敬自強／庄敬自强
莊沖／庄冲 (Zhuāngchōng)
莊田／庄田 (zhuāngtián)
莊稼／庄稼
莊稼人／庄稼人
莊稼地／庄稼地 (zhuāngjiadì)
莊稼活兒／庄稼活儿
莊稼漢／庄稼汉
莊腳／庄脚 (chng-kha)
莊舄越吟／庄舄越吟
莊語／庄语
莊農／庄农
莊重／庄重 (zhuāngzhòng)
莊院／庄院 (zhuāngyuàn)
莊騷／庄骚
蒙莊／蒙庄
趙莊／赵庄 (Zhàozhuāng)
農莊／农庄 (nóngzhuāng)
連莊／连庄 (liánzhuāng)
通莊／通庄
鄭莊公／郑庄公
錢莊／钱庄 (qiánzhuāng)
鍋莊／锅庄 (guōzhuāng)
陝莊／陕庄 (Shǎnzhuāng)
陳莊／陈庄 (Chénzhuāng)
章莊鋪／章庄铺 (Zhāngzhuāngpù)
項莊舞劍／项庄舞剑
駱莊／骆庄 (Luòzhuāng)
鴻案相莊／鸿案相庄
齊莊／齐庄

Japanese

Shinjitai	荘
Kyūjitai	莊

Kanji

莊

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 荘)

a manor, a villa
a village, a hamlet
number of mahjongg games (counter)

Readings

Go-on: しょう (shō)^{←しやう (syau, historical)}
Kan-on: そう (sō)^{←さう (sau, historical)}
Kan’yō-on: ちゃん (chan)
Kun: おごそか (ogosoka, 莊か)、か (ka)、かざる (kazaru, 莊る)、る (ru)、ほうき (hōki)

Korean

Hanja

莊 • (jang) (hangeul 장, revised jang, McCune–Reischauer chang, Yale cang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

莊: Hán Nôm readings: trang, đồ, dưa, chan, chang

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