丈

See also 大

Translingual

Han character

丈 (radical 1 一+2, 3 strokes, cangjie input 十大 (JK), four-corner 5000₀)

1. unit of length equal 3.3 meters
2. gentleman, man, husband
3. (archaic) 2.31 meters (during the Han Dynasty)

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

See also

• 尺
• 寸
• 分

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Cantonese

Hanzi

丈 (Yale jeung6)

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Japanese

Alternative forms

• 長

Etymology

/take2/: [takye] > [take]. Cognate with taka (“height”), takai (“high”), and takeru (“to be high”).

Noun

丈 (hiragana たけ, romaji take)

1. 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。

Particle

丈 (hiragana だけ, romaji dake)

1. only, limit

   ローマ字だけの辞書。

   ローマじだけのじしょ。

   Rōmaji dake no jisho.

   A rōmaji-only dictionary.

   寝たいだけ寝ていい。

   ねたいだけねていい。

   Netai dake nete ii.

   You can sleep as much as you want.

Usage notes

• The Kanji reading 丈 is rarely used.

Proper noun

丈 (hiragana じょう, romaji Jō)

1. A male given name

Kanji

丈 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: じょう (jō), ちょう (chō)
• Kun: たけ (take), だけ (dake)

References

• 1959 February 12 [c. 970-999], Kōno, Tama, Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 10: Utsubo Monogatari 1 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4-000-60010-9:

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Korean

Hanja

丈
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 장 (revised: jang, McCune-Reischauer: chang)

• Name (hangeul): 어른 (revised: eoleun, McCune-Reischauer: ǒrǔn)

References

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 丈

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Mandarin

Hanzi

丈 (pinyin sàn (san4), zhàng (zhang4), Wade-Giles san⁴, chang⁴)

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Vietnamese

Han character

丈 (trượng)