仗

仗 U+4ED7, 仗 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4ED7 ← 他 [U+4ED6] CJK Unified Ideographs 付 → [U+4ED8]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

仗 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+3, 5 strokes, Cangjie input 人十大 (OJK), four-corner 2520₀, composition ⿰亻丈)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 92, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 371
• Dae Jaweon: page 195, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 113, character 2
• Unihan data for U+4ED7

Chinese

simp. and trad.		仗

Glyph origin

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

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

Etymology

Derived from 杖 (OC *daŋʔ) "cane, staff", with suffix *-s → *-h → 去聲／去声 (qùshēng), attested in Zuozhuan as 杖 (zhàng) (Schuessler, 2007). See there for etymology.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): zhàng (zhang⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄤˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): zang⁴

  (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): zhāng

  (Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): zhān

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): җон (žon, III)

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zoeng⁶ / zoeng³

  (Dongguan, Jyutping++): zoeng³

• Gan (Wiktionary): zong⁴
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): cong³
• Jin (Wiktionary): zon³
• Northern Min (KCR): dio̿ng
• Eastern Min (BUC): câng / tuóng / tuông
• Puxian Min (Xianyou, Pouseng Ping'ing): dyoeng⁵
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tiǒng / tiōng / tiāng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ziang⁶

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵tsan / ⁶zan / ⁶dzan / ⁴zan / ⁴dzan / ¹tsan; ²dzan / ⁵cian; ⁶jian
  • (Jinhua): ⁵ciaon
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): zhan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhàng
    • Wade–Giles: chang⁴
    • Yale: jàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: janq
    • Palladius: чжан (čžan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: zang⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: zang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saŋ²¹³/
  • (Xi'an)
    • Guanzhong Pinyin: zhāng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂaŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Nanjing)
    • Nanjing Pinyin: zhān
    • Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): zhan⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂã⁴⁴/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: җон (žon, III)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁴⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zoeng⁶ / zoeng³
    • Yale: jeuhng / jeung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng⁶ / dzoeng³
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêng⁶ / zêng³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sœːŋ²²/, /t͡sœːŋ³³/

Note: zoeng3 - "battle" (e.g. 打仗 (daa2 zoeng3)).

• • (Dongguan, Guancheng)
    • Jyutping++: zoeng³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡søŋ³²/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: zong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔŋ³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: cong³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɔŋ³¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: zon³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sɒ̃⁴⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: dio̿ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiɔŋ³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: câng / tuóng / tuông
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑŋ²⁴²/, /tʰuɔŋ²¹³/, /tʰuɔŋ²⁴²/
• Puxian Min
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: dyoeng⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tyøŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiǒng
    • Tâi-lô: tiǒng
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiōng
    • Tâi-lô: tiōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diong
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiāng
    • Tâi-lô: tiāng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diang
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiaŋ²²/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tiaŋ³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ziang⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsiăng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siaŋ³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai, Jiading, Songjiang, Chongming, Suzhou, Yixing, Changzhou, Deqing, Hangzhou, Shaoxing)
    • Wugniu: ⁵tsan
    • MiniDict: tsan^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tsan
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sã³⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Jiading): /t͡sã³⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /t͡sæ̃³⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Chongming): /t͡sã³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /t͡sã⁵²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Yixing): /t͡saŋ⁴¹²/
    • Sinological IPA (Changzhou): /t͡saŋ⁵²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Deqing): /t͡sã⁴³⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /t͡sɑŋ⁴⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /t͡saŋ³³/
  • (Northern: Shanghai, Jiading, Songjiang, Suzhou, Kunshan, Tongxiang)
    • Wugniu: ⁶zan
    • MiniDict: zan^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zan
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zã²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Jiading): /zã¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /zæ̃¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /zã²³¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Kunshan): /zã²¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Tongxiang): /zã¹¹³/
  • (Northern: Chongming, Xiaoshan)
    • Wugniu: ⁶dzan
    • MiniDict: dzan^去
    • Sinological IPA (Chongming): /d͡zã³¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiaoshan): /d͡zã³¹/
  • (Northern: Jiaxing, Haining)
    • Wugniu: ⁴zan
    • MiniDict: zan^上
    • Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /zã²¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Haining): /zã⁴²/
  • (Northern: Shaoxing)
    • Wugniu: ⁴dzan
    • MiniDict: dzan^上
    • Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /d͡zaŋ¹¹³/
  • (Northern: Cixi)
    • Wugniu: ¹tsan; ²dzan
    • Sinological IPA (Cixi): /t͡sã³²⁴/, /d͡zã¹⁴/
  • (Northern: Ningbo)
    • Wugniu: ⁵cian; ⁶jian
    • MiniDict: cian^去; jian^去
    • Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /t͡ɕiã⁵⁵/, /d͡ʑiã¹¹³/
  • (Jinhua)
    • Wugniu: ⁵ciaon
    • Sinological IPA (Jinhua): /t͡ɕiɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: zhan⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /ʈ͡ʂan⁴⁵/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /t͡san⁴⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: drjangX, drjangH

Rime
Character	仗	仗
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	直兩切	直亮切
Baxter	drjangX	drjangH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖɨɐŋX/	/ɖɨɐŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖiɐŋX/	/ɖiɐŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡiɑŋX/	/ȡiɑŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖɨaŋX/	/ɖɨaŋH/
Li Rong	/ȡiaŋX/	/ȡiaŋH/
Wang Li	/ȡĭaŋX/	/ȡĭaŋH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȡʱi̯aŋX/	/ȡʱi̯aŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhàng	zhàng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zoeng6	zoeng6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*daŋʔ/, /*daŋs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	仗	仗
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	16838	16839
Phonetic component	丈	丈
Rime group	陽	陽
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	丈	仗
Old Chinese	/*daŋʔ/	/*daŋs/

Definitions

仗

1. weaponry; weapons; arms
2. to hold a weapon
3. war; battle

   打仗  ―  dǎzhàng  ―  to fight a battle; to go to war

4. (obsolete) guard; escort
5. to depend; to rely

   仗著自己的權力為所欲為 [MSC, trad.]
   仗着自己的权力为所欲为 [MSC, simp.]

   zhàng zhe zìjǐ de quánlì wéisuǒyùwéi [Pinyin]

   to rely on one's power to do whatever one wants

Compounds

• 仙仗
• 仗劍 / 仗剑 (zhàngjiàn)
• 仗勢 / 仗势 (zhàngshì)
• 仗勢凌人
• 仗勢欺人 / 仗势欺人 (zhàngshìqīrén)
• 仗恃 (zhàngshì)
• 仗托
• 仗義 / 仗义 (zhàngyì)
• 仗義執言 / 仗义执言 (zhàngyìzhíyán)
• 仗義疏財 / 仗义疏财 (zhàngyìshūcái)
• 仗義直言 / 仗义直言
• 仗義輕財 / 仗义轻财
• 仗腰子
• 仗膽兒 / 仗胆儿
• 仗衛 / 仗卫
• 仗賴 / 仗赖
• 仗馬無聲 / 仗马无声
• 仰仗 (yǎngzhàng)
• 任賢仗能 / 任贤仗能
• 作仗
• 依仗 (yīzhàng)
• 依官仗勢 / 依官仗势
• 倚仗 (yǐzhàng)
• 倚官仗勢 / 倚官仗势
• 倚財仗勢 / 倚财仗势
• 儀仗 / 仪仗 (yízhàng)
• 儀仗隊 / 仪仗队 (yízhàngduì)
• 兵仗
• 刀仗
• 勝仗 / 胜仗 (shèngzhàng)
• 大陣仗 / 大阵仗 (dàzhènzhàng)
• 天仗
• 寒蟬仗馬 / 寒蝉仗马
• 對仗 / 对仗 (duìzhàng)
• 御仗 (yùzhàng)
• 慢仗
• 慷慨仗義 / 慷慨仗义
• 憑仗 / 凭仗 (píngzhàng)
• 打仗 (dǎzhàng)
• 打勝仗 / 打胜仗
• 打敗仗 / 打败仗
• 打水仗
• 打雪仗 (dǎxuězhàng)
• 擔仗 / 担仗
• 敗仗 / 败仗 (bàizhàng)
• 明火執仗 / 明火执仗
• 槍仗手 / 枪仗手
• 死仗 (sǐzhàng)
• 沒投仰仗 / 没投仰仗
• 沒頭仰仗 / 没头仰仗
• 炮仗 (pàozhang)
• 爆仗 (bàozhàng)
• 狗仗人勢 / 狗仗人势
• 狗仗官勢 / 狗仗官势
• 疏財仗義 / 疏财仗义 (shūcái zhàngyì)
• 硬仗 (yìngzhàng)
• 立仗馬 / 立仗马
• 筆仗 / 笔仗
• 籠仗 / 笼仗
• 細仗 / 细仗
• 衛仗 / 卫仗
• 袍仗
• 負氣仗義 / 负气仗义
• 贓仗 / 赃仗
• 車仗 / 车仗
• 軍仗 / 军仗
• 輕財仗義 / 轻财仗义
• 鎧仗 / 铠仗
• 開仗 / 开仗 (kāizhàng)
• 陣仗 / 阵仗 (zhènzhàng)

References

• “仗”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

仗

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: じょう (jō)^{←ぢやう (dyau, historical)}
• Kan-on: しょう (shō)^{←しやう (syau, historical)}
• Kun: つえ (tsue, 仗)^{←つゑ (twe, 仗, historical)}、つわもの (tsuwamono, 仗)、よる (yoru, 仗る)

Usage notes

This character is not used much in modern Japanese.

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
仗
つえ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

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

【杖つえ】J [noun] staff, stick, walking stick, cane, stave, strove, rod, wand [noun] something one leans on, a support [noun] a cane used for corporal punishment [noun] a particularly shaped stirring stick used to make New Year's porridge [noun] the stem of a pear [noun] (historical) a traditional unit of length [noun] (historical) approximately 3 meters [noun] (historical) seven 尺 (shaku, traditional Japanese foot) and five 寸 (sun, traditional Japanese inch), or approximately 2.3 meters [noun] (historical) a traditional unit of area [noun] (historical) one-fifth of a 段 (tan, traditional Japanese paddy size, roughly half of an English acre), or around 237m² Alternative spellings 筇, 丈

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

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
仗
つわもの Hyōgai
kun'yomi

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

【つわもの】 [noun] (military) a war machine; a weapon [noun] military ration [noun] a brave and strong warrior [noun] a stubborn person Alternative spellings 兵, 強者

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

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
仗
まわり Hyōgai
kun'yomi

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

【回まわり】 [noun] (women's speech) side dish [noun] relating to something else [suffix] (used in comparisons) a little, a bit [suffix] circumference, perimeter [suffix] via, by way of a place [suffix] the round of something or someone [suffix] duodecennium, a period of twelve years, referring to the twelve zodiac animals that can be someone's birth year [suffix] unit of size in clothing [verb] stem or continuative form of 回る (mawaru) [godan] Alternative spellings 廻り, 周り

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

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
仗
じょう Hyōgai
goon

From Middle Chinese 仗. Compare modern Mandarin 仗 (zhàng).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞ː]

Affix

仗(じょう) • (jō) ^{←ぢやう (dyau)?}

1. military strength
2. reliable, dependable

Derived terms

• 仗旗(じょうき) (jōki, “in medieval times, a special imperial flag marking occasions of special dignity, such as the first day of a new emperor's reign”)
• 仗議(じょうぎ) (jōgi), 仗儀(じょうぎ) (jōgi, “in the Nara period, a kind of codified conference before the imperial court, whereby nobles below the rank of minister would discuss the business of government”)
• 仗座(じょうざ) (jōza, “the seats of the Imperial Guard; where nobles would sit to offer counsel to the court”)
• 仗身(じょうしん) (jōshin, “in the Nara period, the court-appointed bodyguard of officials of fifth or higher rank”)
• 仗術(じょうじゅつ) (jōjutsu, “a traditional Japanese martial art using a shortened staff: a kind of stick fighting”)
• 儀仗(ぎじょう) (gijō, “ornamental weapon for ceremonial usage”)

Korean

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕa̠ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [장]

Hanja

仗 (eum 장 (jang))

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Vietnamese

Han character

仗: Hán Nôm readings: trượng, dượng

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References

• Nom Foundation