丈

See also: 𠀋 and 大

Translingual

Han character

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

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 76, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11
• Dae Jaweon: page 137, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 9, character 2
• Unihan data for U+4E08

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		丈

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 丈
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts
Small seal script s01638 Transcribed ancient scripts L35087 L17509
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Characters in the same phonetic series (丈) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
丈	*daŋʔ
杖	*daŋʔ
仗	*daŋʔ, *daŋs

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 十 (“ten”) + 又 (“hand”) – ten chi (尺) is one zhang (丈).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 丈

1. A unit of measurement.
   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. The Taiwanese zhang, a unit of length standardized as 3 ¹/₃₃ meters, identical to the Japanese jō.
   4. The Hong Kong jeuhng, standardized as 3.71475 meters.
2. to survey (land); to measure
3. gentleman; man; husband

   丈夫  ―  zhàngfū  ―  husband

Synonyms

• (mainland zhang): 市丈 (shìzhàng)

See also

• 尺 (chǐ), 寸 (cùn), 分 (fēn)

Compounds

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

丈

(Jōyō kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: じょう (jō, Jōyō)^{←ぢやう (dyau, historical)}
• Kan-on: ちょう (chō)^{←ちやう (tyau, historical)}
• Kun: たけ (take, 丈, Jōyō)

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Chinese 丈 (zhang)

Noun

丈(じょう) • (jō) ^{←ぢやう (dyau)?}

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

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
丈
たけ Grade: S
kun'yomi

/take2/: [takje] → [take]. Cognate with 高 (taka, “height”), 高い (takai, “high”), and 長ける (takeru, “to be high”).

Alternative forms

• 長

Noun

丈(たけ) • (take) 

1. height
   • 970–999, Utsubo Monogatari, page 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。

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 丈 – see the following entry.

【だけ】 [particle] in a negative, limiting sense: only, just, limit [particle] in a positive, non-limiting sense: amount, as much as

(This term, 丈, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Usage notes

• This term is often spelled in hiragana. The kanji spelling is rarely used.

Etymology 4

Proper noun

丈(じょう) • (Jō) ^{←ぢやう (dyau)?}

1. a male given name

Compounds

• はちじょう (hachijō)

References

• Kōno, Tama (c. 970–999) Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 10: Utsubo Monogatari 1 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 1959, →ISBN.

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Korean

Hanja

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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References

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 丈

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Vietnamese

Han character

丈: Hán Nôm readings: trượng

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