Hanja Analyzer
杖

杖 — jang

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
지팡이 장
Romanization
jang
English
cane, walking stick
Mandarin
zhàng
Japanese on'yomi
ジョウ
Japanese kun'yomi
つえ
Japanese usage
Jinmeiyō kanji
Newspaper frequency
#2,387 of 2,500
Strokes
7
Radical
木 (75, 3 residual)
Phonetic component
丈(장)
Unicode
U+6756

Parts that make up 杖

  • 木 나무 목, 나무에 서화를 새길 모 뿌리와 가지를 벌린 나무나무와 나무로 만든 것, 식물
  • 丈 어른 장sound 손에 자를 쥔 모양어른과 길이 단위. ‘장’ 계열의 소리

How 杖 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 杖 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 木, 丈.

Korean example words with 杖

  • 단장短杖 Korean gloss: 짧은 지팡이
  • 죽장竹杖 Korean gloss: 대로 만든 지팡이
  • 철장鐵杖 Korean gloss: 쇠로 만든 막대기나 지팡이
  • 엄장嚴杖 Korean gloss: 엄하게 곤장을 침. 또는 그런 형벌
  • 장하杖下 Korean gloss: 예전에, 곤장으로 매를 맞는 그 자리
  • 형장刑杖 Korean gloss: 예전에, 죄인을 신문할 때에 쓰던 몽둥이
  • 장처杖處 Korean gloss: 장형(杖刑)으로 곤장이나 태장을 맞은 자리
  • 중장重杖 Korean gloss: 곤장으로 몹시 쳐서 엄중하게 다스리던 형벌
  • 태장笞杖 Korean gloss: 태형(笞刑)과 장형(杖刑)을 아울러 이르는 말
  • 주장朱杖 Korean gloss: 주릿대나 무기 따위로 쓰던 붉은 칠을 한 몽둥이
  • 법장法杖 Korean gloss: 승려가 짚고 다니거나 좌선할 때에 사용하는 지팡이
  • 장독杖毒 Korean gloss: 예전에, 장형(杖刑)으로 매를 심하게 맞아 생긴 상처의 독

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 杖

  • 杖つえ cane; walking stick; staff
  • 錫杖しゃくじょう khakkhara (staff topped with metal rings traditionally carried by monks); pewter staff
  • 側杖そばづえ blow received by a bystander; getting dragged in to someone else's fight
  • 杖柱つえはしら person upon whom one relies
  • 頬杖ほおづえ resting one's chin in one's hands; brace (in construction); angle brace
  • 杖術じょうじゅつ jōjutsu; form of martial art using a cane staff
  • 杖道じょうどう jōdō; form of martial art using a cane staff
  • 虎杖いたどり Japanese knotweed (Reynoutria japonica); flowering bamboo
  • 手杖しゅじょう staff (esp. one used by a monk, e.g. as a walking stick during a pilgrimage)
  • 杖鼓じょうこ janggu (Korean hourglass drum); janggo; changgo
  • 杖状つえじょう staff-shaped
  • 方杖ほうづえ brace (in construction); angle brace

Characters sharing the phonetic 丈

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “장” in Korean.

仗

Other hanja read “장”

Other hanja with radical 木

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