丈
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Translingual
Han character
丈 (radical 1, 一+2, 3 strokes, cangjie input 十大 (JK), four-corner 50000, composition ⿻𠂇乀)
References
- KangXi: page 76, character 4
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11
- Dae Jaweon: page 137, character 8
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 9, character 2
- Unihan data for U+4E08
Chinese
simp. and trad. |
丈 |
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Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 丈 | |||||
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Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) | |||
Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts | |||
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References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
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Characters in the same phonetic series (丈) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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Old Chinese | |
丈 | *daŋʔ |
杖 | *daŋʔ |
仗 | *daŋʔ, *daŋs |
Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 十 (“ten”) + 又 (“hand”) – ten chi (尺) is one zhang (丈).
Pronunciation
Synonyms
- (mainland zhang): 市丈 (shìzhàng)
Compounds
Japanese
Readings
- Go-on: じょう (jō, Jōyō)←ぢやう (dyau, historical)
- Kan-on: ちょう (chō)←ちやう (tyau, historical)
- Kun: たけ (take, 丈, Jōyō)
Noun
丈 (hiragana じょう, rōmaji jō, historical hiragana ぢやう)
- jō, a traditional Japanese unit of length based on 10 shaku, standardized as equal to 3 1/33 meters.
Etymology 2
Kanji in this term |
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丈 |
たけ Grade: S |
kun’yomi |
/take2/: [takye] → [take]. Cognate with 高 (taka, “height”), 高い (takai, “high”), and 長ける (takeru, “to be high”).
Alternative forms
Noun
- height
- 970-999, Utsubo Monogatari (Toshikage)
- [...] いひ教ふる事もなくておほしたつるに、年にもあはず、丈たかく心かしこし。
- 970-999, Utsubo Monogatari (Toshikage)
Etymology 3
For pronunciation and definitions of 丈 – see the following entry at だけ. |
(This term, 丈, is a kanji spelling of だけ.) |
Usage notes
- This term is often spelled in hiragana. The kanji spelling is rarely used.
Compounds
- はちじょう (hachijō)
References
- Kōno, Tama (c. 970–999) Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 10: Utsubo Monogatari 1 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 1959, →ISBN.
Korean
Hanja
丈 • (jang)
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Vietnamese
Han character
丈 (trượng)
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