庄

Translingual

Traditional	莊
Shinjitai	荘
Simplified	庄

Han character

庄 (radical 53 广+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 戈土 (IG), four-corner 0021₄, composition ⿸广土)

References

• KangXi: page 343, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9234
• Dae Jaweon: page 653, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 873, character 5
• Unihan data for U+5E84

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Chinese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 庄 – see 莊. (This character, 庄, is the simplified form of 莊.)

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

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 庄 – see 廡. (This character, 庄, is a variant form of 廡.)

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Japanese

Kanji

庄

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings

• On: そう (sō), しょう (shō), ほう (hō)
• Kun: いなか (inaka), むらざと (murazato)

Proper noun

庄 ‎(hiragana しょう, romaji Shō)

1. A male given name

Suffix

庄 ‎(hiragana しょう, romaji -shō)

1. Alternative form of 荘

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Korean

Hanja

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

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