# 壮

| 壮 | U+58EE, &#22766; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-58EE |
| ← 壭 [U+58ED] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 壯 → [U+58EF] |
| 壮 | U+2F851, &#194641; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F851 |
| ← 切 [U+2F850] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement | 城 → [U+2F852] |

## Translingual

| Japanese | 壮 |
| Simplified | 壮 |
| Traditional | 壯 |

### Han character

壮 (Kangxi radical 33, 士+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 中一土 (LMG) or 戈中土 (ILG), four-corner 3411$_0$, composition ⿰丬士(U+58EE) or ⿰丬土(U+2F851))

#### Derived characters

* 荘, 装

#### Related characters

* 壯 (Orthodox traditional form of 壮)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 243, character 1
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5642
* Dae Jaweon: page 483, character 2
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 420, character 6
* Unihan data for U+58EE
* Unihan data for U+2F851

## Chinese
### Glyph 1

    This section refers to ⿰丬士 glyph.

#### Glyph origin

Simplified from 壯 (爿 → 丬)

#### Definitions

* For pronunciation and definitions of 壮 – see 壯 (“strong; robust; to strengthen; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant form of 壯).
* Notes:Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

#### References

* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00833-003#37

### Glyph 2

    This section refers to ⿰丬土 glyph.

#### Etymology 1

* For pronunciation and definitions of 壮 – see 壯 (“strong; robust; to strengthen; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 壯).

##### References

* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00833-001#18

#### Etymology 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 壮 – see 牡 (“male of animals; male genitals; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 牡).

##### References

* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A02490-004#17

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 壮 |
| Kyūjitai | 壯 |

### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 壯)

#### Readings

* Go-on: しょう (shō)
* Kan-on: そう (sō, Jōyō)
* Kun: さかん (sakan, 壮ん)
* Nanori: つよし (tsuyoshi)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 壮
* そう Grade: S
* kan'on
* Alternative spelling
* 壯 (kyūjitai)

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) そー [sóꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [so̞ː]

#### Adjective

壮(そう) • (sō) -na (adnominal 壮(そう)な (sō na), adverbial 壮(そう)に (sō ni))
* vibrant, manly, brave

##### Inflection

Stem forms :
| Imperfective (未然形) | 壮だろ | そうだろ | sō daro |
| Continuative (連用形) | 壮で | そうで | sō de |
| Terminal (終止形) | 壮だ | そうだ | sō da |
| Attributive (連体形) | 壮な | そうな | sō na |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 壮なら | そうなら | sō nara |
| Imperative (命令形) | 壮であれ | そうであれ | sō de are |
| Key constructions ||||
| Informal negative | 壮ではない 壮じゃない | そうではない そうじゃない | sō de wa nai sō ja nai |
| Informal past | 壮だった | そうだった | sō datta |
| Informal negative past | 壮ではなかった 壮じゃなかった | そうではなかった そうじゃなかった | sō de wa nakatta sō ja nakatta |
| Formal | 壮です | そうです | sō desu |
| Formal negative | 壮ではありません 壮じゃありません | そうではありません そうじゃありません | sō de wa arimasen sō ja arimasen |
| Formal past | 壮でした | そうでした | sō deshita |
| Formal negative past | 壮ではありませんでした 壮じゃありませんでした | そうではありませんでした そうじゃありませんでした | sō de wa arimasen deshita sō ja arimasen deshita |
| Conjunctive | 壮で | そうで | sō de |
| Conditional | 壮なら（ば） | そうなら（ば） | sō nara (ba) |
| Provisional | 壮だったら | そうだったら | sō dattara |
| Volitional | 壮だろう | そうだろう | sō darō |
| Adverbial | 壮に | そうに | sō ni |
| Degree | 壮さ | そうさ | sōsa |

#### Proper noun

壮(そう) • (Sō)
* a male given name

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 壮
* さか(ん) Grade: S
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 壯 (kyūjitai)
For pronunciation and definitions of 壮 – see the following entry. :
| 【盛さかん】 | [adjective] prosperous, flourishing [adjective] popular [adjective] enthusiastic, energetic [adjective] heavy (as in snow or rain); lots (as in amounts of something) Alternative spellings 旺ん, 壮ん, 鬱ん |
(This term, 壮, is an alternative spelling (rare) of the above term.) :

### Etymology 3

* Kanji in this term
* 壮
* つよし Grade: S
* nanori
* Alternative spelling
* 壯 (kyūjitai)

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) つよし [tsúꜜyòshì] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [t͡sɨjo̞ɕi]

#### Proper noun

壮(つよし) • (Tsuyoshi)
* a male given name

## Vietnamese
### Han character

壮: Hán Nôm readings: tráng
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### References

* Nom Foundation