庄

庄 U+5E84, 庄 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5E84 ← 広 [U+5E83] CJK Unified Ideographs 庅 → [U+5E85]

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 (first edition): 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 (“grassy; village; farmstead; hamlet; etc.”). (This character, 庄, is the simplified form of 莊.)

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

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 庄 – see 廡 (“A roofed promenade, especially one extending along the wall of a yard and supported by columns on the other side; etc.”). (This character, 庄, is a variant form of 廡.)

Compounds

• 南庄 (Nánzhuāng)

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Japanese

Kanji

庄

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings

• Go-on: しょう (shō)^{←しやう (syau, historical)}
• Kan-on: そう (sō)^{←さう (sau, historical)}
• Kan’yō-on: ほう (hō)
• Kun: いなか (inaka, 庄); むらざと (murazato, 庄)

Proper noun

庄(しょう) • (Shō) 

1. A male given name

Suffix

庄(しょう) • (-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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