障

Translingual

Han character

障 (Kangxi radical 170, 阜+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 弓中卜廿十 (NLYTJ), four-corner 7024₆, composition ⿰阝章)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1359, character 29
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41821
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4155, character 3
• Unihan data for U+969C

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		障

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 障
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
章	*kjaŋ
樟	*kjaŋ
彰	*kjaŋ
漳	*kjaŋ
鄣	*kjaŋ
璋	*kjaŋ
嫜	*kjaŋ
獐	*kjaŋ
慞	*kjaŋ
墇	*kjaŋ, *kjaŋs
障	*kjaŋ, *kjaŋs
麞	*kjaŋ
蔁	*kjaŋ
暲	*kjaŋ
嶂	*kjaŋs
瘴	*kjaŋs

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhàng (zhang⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zoeng³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chiòng / chiàng / chiong

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ziang³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhàng
    • Wade–Giles: chang⁴
    • Yale: jàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: janq
    • Palladius: чжан (čžan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zoeng³
    • Yale: jeung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng³
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêng³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sœːŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiòng
    • Tâi-lô: tsiòng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cioxng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /t͡siɔŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɔŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɔŋ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiàng
    • Tâi-lô: tsiàng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciaxng
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siaŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou): /t͡siaŋ²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiong
    • Tâi-lô: tsiong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciofng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou): /t͡siɔŋ⁴⁴/

Note:

• chiòng/chiàng - literary;
• chiong - vernacular (俗).

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: ziang³
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsiàng
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siaŋ²¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyang, tsyangH

Rime
Character	障	障
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	章 (23)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	諸良切	之亮切
Baxter	tsyang	tsyangH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕɨɐŋ/	/t͡ɕɨɐŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕiɐŋ/	/t͡ɕiɐŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕiɑŋ/	/t͡ɕiɑŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cɨaŋ/	/cɨaŋH/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiaŋ/	/t͡ɕiaŋH/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭaŋ/	/t͡ɕĭaŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯aŋ/	/t͡ɕi̯aŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhāng	zhàng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zoeng1	zoeng3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kjaŋ/, /*kjaŋs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	障	障
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	16827	16831
Phonetic component	章	章
Rime group	陽	陽
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	章	障
Old Chinese	/*kjaŋ/	/*kjaŋs/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 障

1. to block; to separate; to cut off
2. to obstruct; to shield; to barricade
3. obstacle; barrier; impediment

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Japanese

Kanji

障

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)^{←しやう (syau, historical)}
• Kan-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)^{←しやう (syau, historical)}
• Kun: さわる (sawaru, 障る, Jōyō)^{←さはる (safaru, 障る, historical)}; へだてる (hedateru, 障てる); ふせぐ (fusegu, 障ぐ)

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Korean

Hanja

障 • (jang) (hangeul 장, revised jang, McCune–Reischauer chang, Yale cang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 障 (chướng)

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