壮

See also: 壯

壮 U+58EE, 壮 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-58EE ← 壭 [U+58ED] CJK Unified Ideographs 壯 → [U+58EF]

壮 U+2F851, 壮 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F851 ← 切 [U+2F850] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 城 → [U+2F852]

Translingual

Japanese	壮
Simplified	壮
Traditional	壯

Stroke order

Han character

壮 (Kangxi radical 33, 士+3, 6 strokes, Cangjie input 中一土 (LMG) or 戈中土 (ILG), four-corner 3411₀, composition ⿰丬士(U+58EE) or ⿰丬土(U+2F851))

Derived characters

• 荘, 装

Related characters

• 壯 (Orthodox traditional form of 壮)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 243, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5642
• Dae Jaweon: page 483, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 420, character 6
• Unihan data for U+58EE

• Unihan data for U+2F851

Chinese

Glyph 1

This section refers to the ⿰丬士 glyph.

Glyph origin

Simplified from 壯 (爿 → 丬)

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 壮 – see 壯 (“strong; robust; to strengthen; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant form of 壯).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00833-003#37

Glyph 2

This section refers to the ⿰丬土 glyph.

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 壮 – see 壯 (“strong; robust; to strengthen; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 壯).

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00833-001#18

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 壮 – see 牡 (“male of animals; male genitals; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 牡).

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A02490-004#17

Japanese

Shinjitai	壮
Kyūjitai	壯

Kanji

壮

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 壯)

Readings

• Go-on: しょう (shō)^{←しやう (syau, historical)}
• Kan-on: そう (sō, Jōyō)^{←さう (sau, historical)}
• Kun: さかん (sakan, 壮ん)
• Nanori: つよし (tsuyoshi)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
壮
そう Grade: S
kan'on

Alternative spelling
壯 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [so̞ː]
• (Tokyo) そー [sóꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])

Adjective

壮(そう) • (sō) ^{←さう (sau)?}-na (adnominal 壮(そう)な (sō na), adverbial 壮(そう)に (sō ni))

1. vibrant, manly, brave

Inflection

Inflection of 壮

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	壮だろ	そうだろ	sō daro
Continuative (連用形)	壮で	そうで	sō de
Terminal (終止形)	壮だ	そうだ	sō da
Attributive (連体形)	壮な	そうな	sō na
Hypothetical (仮定形)	壮なら	そうなら	sō nara
Imperative (命令形)	壮であれ	そうであれ	sō de are
Key constructions
Informal negative	壮ではない 壮じゃない	そうではない そうじゃない	sō de wa nai sō ja nai
Informal past	壮だった	そうだった	sō datta
Informal negative past	壮ではなかった 壮じゃなかった	そうではなかった そうじゃなかった	sō de wa nakatta sō ja nakatta
Formal	壮です	そうです	sō desu
Formal negative	壮ではありません 壮じゃありません	そうではありません そうじゃありません	sō de wa arimasen sō ja arimasen
Formal past	壮でした	そうでした	sō deshita
Formal negative past	壮ではありませんでした 壮じゃありませんでした	そうではありませんでした そうじゃありませんでした	sō de wa arimasen deshita sō ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive	壮で	そうで	sō de
Conditional	壮なら（ば）	そうなら（ば）	sō nara (ba)
Provisional	壮だったら	そうだったら	sō dattara
Volitional	壮だろう	そうだろう	sō darō
Adverbial	壮に	そうに	sō ni
Degree	壮さ	そうさ	sōsa

Proper noun

壮(そう) • (Sō) ^{←さう (Sau)?}

1. a male given name

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
壮
さか(ん) Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
壯 (kyūjitai)

For pronunciation and definitions of 壮 – see the following entry: 盛ん

(The following entry does not have a page created for it yet: 盛ん.)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
壮
つよし Grade: S
nanori

Alternative spelling
壯 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡sɨjo̞ɕi]
• (Tokyo) つよし [tsúꜜyòshì] (Atamadaka – [1])

Proper noun

壮(つよし) • (Tsuyoshi) 

1. a male given name

Vietnamese

Han character

壮: Hán Việt readings: tráng
壮: Nôm readings: trứng, trắng

1. Variant of 壯, see there for more details.