丈

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Han character 1.1.1 References 1.2 See also 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Alternative spellings 3.2 Etymology 3.3 Noun 3.4 Particle 3.4.1 Usage notes 3.5 Kanji 3.5.1 Readings 3.6 References 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 4.1.1 References 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi 6 Vietnamese 6.1 Han character

[edit] Translingual

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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

[edit] See also

• 尺
• 寸
• 分

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

丈 (Yale jeung6)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Alternative spellings

• 長

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] 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。

[edit] 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.

[edit] Usage notes

• The Kanji reading 丈 is rarely used.

[edit] Kanji

丈 (common kanji)

[edit] Readings

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

[edit] References

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

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

丈
Eumhun:

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

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

[edit] References

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 丈

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

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

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

丈 (trượng)