丈

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Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

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

  1. a traditional measurement of length in East Asia based on 10 forearms (尺), usually roughly equivalent to 3 1/3 meters
  2. gentleman, man, husband

References[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Chinese[edit]

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simp. and trad.
 丈
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Pronunciation[edit]

Middle Chinese pronunciation (丈, reconstructed)
Character (丈), Pronunciation 1/1

Initial: 澄 (11)
Final: 陽
Division: III

Openness: Open
Tone: Rising (X)

 Fanqie: 直兩切
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 Bernard
Karlgren		 Li
Rong		 Pan
Wuyun		 Edwin
Pulleyblank		 Wang
Li		 Shao
Rongfen
/ɖɨɐŋX/ /ȡʱi̯aŋX/ /ȡiaŋX/ /ɖiɐŋX/ /ɖɨaŋX/ /ȡĭaŋX/ /ȡiɑŋX/
Old Chinese pronunciation (丈, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character Modern Beijing
(Pinyin)		 Middle Chinese Old Chinese English
丈 zhàng ‹ drjangX › /*[d]raŋʔ/ ten feet

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 No. Phonetic
component		 Rime
group		 Rime
subdivision		 Corresponding
MC rime		 Old Chinese Notes
丈 16836 丈 陽 0 丈 /*daŋʔ/

Noun[edit]

丈

  1. The zhang, a traditional Chinese unit of length equal to 10 chi (尺)
  2. The mainland zhang, a unit of length standardized in 1984 as 3 1/3 meters.
  3. (Taiwan) The Taiwanese zhang, a unit of length standardized as 3 1/33 meters, identical to the Japanese jō.
  4. (Hong Kong) The Hong Kong jeuhng, standardized as 3.71475 meters.

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Japanese[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Chinese 丈 (zhang)

Noun[edit]

丈 (hiragana じょう, romaji jō)

  1. jō, a traditional Japanese unit of length based on 10 shaku, standardized as equal to 3 1/33 meters.

Etymology 2[edit]

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

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

丈 (hiragana だけ, romaji dake)

  1. only, limit
    ローマ字丈の辞書。
    ローマじだけのじしょ。
    Rōmaji dake no jisho.
    A rōmaji-only dictionary.
    寝たい丈寝ていい。
    ねたいだけねていい。
    Netai dake nete ii.
    You can sleep as much as you want.
Usage notes[edit]
  • The Kanji reading 丈 is rarely used.

Proper noun[edit]

丈 (hiragana じょう, romaji Jō)

  1. A male given name

Kanji[edit]

See also:
丈

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

丈 (jang)
Eumhun:

  • Sound (hangeul): 장 (revised: jang, McCune-Reischauer: chang, Yale: cang)
  • Name (hangeul): 어른 (revised: eoleun, McCune-Reischauer: ǒrǔn)
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Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

丈 (trượng)

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