狀

See also: 状

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *zraŋs): phonetic 爿 ‎(OC *braːn, *zaŋ) + semantic 犬

Han character

狀 (radical 94 犬+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 女一戈大 (VMIK), four-corner 3313₄, composition ⿰爿犬)

1. form; appearance; state
2. shape
3. official

References

• KangXi: page 707, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20280
• Dae Jaweon: page 1119, character 30
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1334, character 3
• Unihan data for U+72C0

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Chinese

trad.		狀
simp.		状

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhuàng (zhuang⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zong⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): chn̄g

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhuàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄤˋ
    • Wade-Giles: chuang⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juanq
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zong⁶
    • Yale: johng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzong⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːŋ²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chn̄g
    • Tâi-lô: tsn̄g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zng
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sŋ̍³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sŋ̍²²/

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• Dialectal data▼

Variety	Location	edit 狀
Mandarin	Beijing	/ʈ͡ʂuɑŋ⁵⁵/
	Harbin	/ʈ͡ʂuaŋ⁵³/
	Tianjin	/t͡suɑŋ⁵³/
	Jinan	/ʈ͡ʂuaŋ²¹/
	Qingdao	/ʈ͡ʂuaŋ⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/ʈ͡ʂuaŋ³¹²/
	Xi'an	/p͡faŋ⁴⁴/
	Xining	/ʈ͡ʂuɔ̃²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/ʈ͡ʂuɑŋ¹³/
	Lanzhou	/p͡fɑ̃¹³/
	Ürümqi	/ʈ͡ʂuɑŋ²¹³/
	Wuhan	/t͡suaŋ³⁵/
	Chengdu	/t͡suaŋ¹³/
	Guiyang	/t͡suaŋ²¹³/
	Kunming	/ʈ͡ʂuã̠¹/
	Nanjing	/ʈ͡ʂuaŋ⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/ʈ͡ʂuɑ̃⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/t͡suɒ̃⁴⁵/
	Pingyao	/t͡suɑŋ³⁵/
	Hohhot	/t͡suɑ̃⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/zɑ̃²³/
	Suzhou	/zɑ̃³¹/
	Hangzhou	/d͡zz̩ʷɑŋ¹³/
	Wenzhou	/d͡ʑyɔ²²/
Hui	Shexian	/t͡so³²⁴/
	Tunxi	/t͡sʰau¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/t͡ɕyan⁵⁵/ /t͡ɕyan¹¹/
	Xiangtan	/t͡sɔn⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang	/t͡sʰɔŋ²¹/
Hakka	Meixian	/t͡sʰoŋ⁵³/
	Taoyuan	/t͡sʰoŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/t͡sɔŋ²²/
	Nanning	/t͡sɔŋ²²/
	Hong Kong	/t͡sɔŋ²²/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/t͡sɔŋ²²/ /t͡sŋ̍²²/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/t͡sɔyŋ²⁴²/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴/ 告～ /t͡sɔŋ⁴²/ 形～
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/t͡suaŋ³⁵/ /t͡sɯŋ³¹/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/tuaŋ²³/ /to²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /d͡ʒɨɐŋ^H/▼

Rime
Character	狀
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	崇 (20)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	鋤亮切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʒɨɐŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖ͡ʐiɐŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʒiɑŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖ͡ʐɨaŋH/
Li Rong	/d͡ʒiaŋH/
Wang Li	/d͡ʒĭaŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɖ͡ʐʱi̯aŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhuàng

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*[dz]raŋ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*zraŋs/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	狀
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhuàng
Middle Chinese	‹ dzrjangH ›
Old Chinese	/*[dz]raŋ-s/
English	form, appearance
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	狀
Reading #	1/1
No.	10312
Phonetic component	爿
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*zraŋs/

Definitions

狀

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Japanese

Kanji

狀

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. things stand

Readings

• On: じょう (jō)

Usage notes

It has been superseded by 状 in modern Japanese. (not a shinjitai)

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Korean

Hanja

狀 • ‎(sang, jang) (hangeul 상, 장, revised sang, jang, McCune-Reischauer sang, chang, Yale sang, cang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

狀 (trạng)

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