狀

See also: 状

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 𣶍, 𣈚, 𥇺, 𨡧, 𦲚, 𡘾

Descendants

• 状

References

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

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Chinese

trad.		狀
simp.		状

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
臧	*ʔsaːŋ
牂	*ʔsaːŋ
戕	*kaːl, *ʔsaːŋ, *zaŋ
贓	*ʔsaːŋ
藏	*zaːŋ, *zaːŋs
奘	*zaːŋʔ, *zaːŋs
臟	*zaːŋs
將	*ʔsaŋ, *ʔsaŋs
漿	*ʔsaŋ
鱂	*ʔsaŋ
蔣	*ʔsaŋ, *ʔsaŋʔ
螿	*ʔsaŋ
槳	*ʔsaŋʔ
獎	*ʔsaŋʔ
醬	*ʔsaŋs
鏘	*sʰaŋ
蹡	*sʰaŋ, *ʔshaŋs
嶈	*sʰaŋ
斨	*sʰaŋ
爿	*braːn, *zaŋ
牆	*zaŋ
妝	*ʔsraŋ
莊	*ʔsraŋ
裝	*ʔsraŋ, *ʔsraŋs
壯	*ʔsraŋs
疒	*rnɯːɡ, *zraŋ
床	*zraŋ
牀	*zraŋ
狀	*zraŋs

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

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 狀

1. form; appearance; state
2. shape
3. certificate
4. to describe

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Japanese

Kanji

狀

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. things stand

Readings

• On (unclassified): 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It has been superseded by 状 in modern Japanese.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)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 狀 (trạng)

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