# 莊

| 莊 | U+838A, &#33674; 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 4421$_4$, 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
### Glyph origin

| | 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 (zhuang$^1$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄤ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): zuang$^1$
    (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): bvǎng
    (Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): zhuàn
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): җуон (žuon, I)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zong$^1$
* Gan (Wiktionary): zong$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chông
    (Hailu, HRS): zong$^ˋ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): zong$^1$
* Jin (Wiktionary): zuon$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): có̤ng
* Eastern Min (BUC): cŏng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zung$^1$ / zng$^1$ / zorng$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chng / choⁿ / chong / choang
    (Teochew, Peng'im): zeng$^1$ / zuang$^1$ / zang$^1$
* Wu (Wugniu)
** (Northern): $^1$tsaon / $^1$tsuan
** (Jinhua): $^1$ciuaon
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): jyan$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhuāng
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄤ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhuang
*** Wade–Giles: chuang$^1$
*** Yale: jwāng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juang
*** Palladius: чжуан (čžuan)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhuāngr
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄤㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhuangr
*** Wade–Giles: chuang$^1$-ʼrh
*** Yale: jwāngr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juangl
*** Palladius: чжуанр (čžuanr)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂu̯ɑ̃ɻ⁵⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: zuang$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: zuong
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡suaŋ⁵⁵/
** (Xi'an)
*** Guanzhong Pinyin: bvǎng
*** Sinological IPA : /p͡faŋ²¹/
** (Nanjing)
*** Nanjing Pinyin: zhuàn
*** Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): zhuan$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂuã³¹/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: җуон (žuon, I)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂuɑŋ²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zong$^1$
*** Yale: jōng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzong$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zong$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɔːŋ⁵⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: zong$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɔŋ⁴²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chông
*** Hakka Romanization System: zong$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: zong$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡soŋ²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: zong$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡soŋ⁵³/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: zong$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: zuon$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡suɒ̃¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: có̤ng
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɔŋ⁵⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: cŏng
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡souŋ⁵⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: zung$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡suŋ⁵³³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: zng$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sŋ̍⁵³³/
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: zorng$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɒŋ⁵³³/
* zung1/zng1 - vernacular (including surname);
* zorng1 - literary.
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit莊 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /ʈ͡ʂuɑŋ⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /ʈ͡ʂuaŋ⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /t͡suɑŋ²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /ʈ͡ʂuaŋ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /ʈ͡ʂuaŋ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /ʈ͡ʂuaŋ²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /p͡faŋ²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /ʈ͡ʂuɔ̃⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /ʈ͡ʂuɑŋ⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /p͡fɑ̃³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /ʈ͡ʂuɑŋ⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /t͡suaŋ⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /t͡suaŋ⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /t͡suaŋ⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /ʈ͡ʂuã̠⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /ʈ͡ʂuaŋ³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /ʈ͡ʂuɑ̃²¹/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /t͡suɒ̃¹¹/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /t͡suɑŋ¹³/ /t͡suə¹³/ ～子 |
| Jin | Hohhot | /t͡suɑ̃³¹/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /t͡sɑ̃⁵³/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /t͡sɑ̃⁵⁵/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /t͡sz̩ʷɑŋ³³/ |
| Wu | 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/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /t͡sɔŋ⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /t͡sɔŋ⁵⁵/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /t͡sɔŋ⁵⁵/ /t͡sŋ̍⁵⁵/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /t͡souŋ⁴⁴/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /t͡sɔŋ⁵⁴/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /t͡sɯŋ³³/ |
| Min | 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 | zong$^1$ |
* 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
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) 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):
* 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 ('cun$^1$ pon$^2$ 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):
* 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)
* 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

(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)
* Kan-on: そう (sō)
* 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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