樟

樟 U+6A1F, 樟 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6A1F ← 樞 [U+6A1E] CJK Unified Ideographs 樠 → [U+6A20]

Translingual

Han character

樟 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 木卜廿十 (DYTJ), four-corner 4094₆, composition ⿰木章)

1. camphor tree

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 550, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15451
• Dae Jaweon: page 939, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1284, character 2
• Unihan data for U+6A1F

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		樟

Glyph origin

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kjaŋ) : semantic 木 (“tree”) + phonetic 章 (OC *kjaŋ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhāng (zhang¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zoeng¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiuⁿ / chioⁿ / chiong / chiang

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhang
    • Wade–Giles: chang¹
    • Yale: jāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jang
    • Palladius: чжан (čžan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zoeng¹
    • Yale: jēung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sœːŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Taichung, Hsinchu, Lukang, Sanxia, Yilan, Kinmen, Magong)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiuⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tsiunn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cviw
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Lukang): /t͡siũ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Yilan, Kinmen): /t͡siũ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Tainan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chioⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tsionn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cvioy
    • IPA (Zhangzhou, Tainan): /t͡siɔ̃⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiong
    • Tâi-lô: tsiong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciofng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡siɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɔŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiang
    • Tâi-lô: tsiang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciafng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siaŋ⁴⁴/

Note:

• chiuⁿ/chioⁿ - vernacular;
• chiong/chiang - literary.

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• Middle Chinese: tsyang

Rime
Character	樟
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	諸良切
Baxter	tsyang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕɨɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕiɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕiɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cɨaŋ/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiaŋ/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭaŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯aŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhāng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zoeng1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kjaŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	樟
Reading #	1/1
No.	16818
Phonetic component	章
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	章
Old Chinese	/*kjaŋ/
Notes	見戰國策

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 樟

1. camphor tree (Cinnamomum camphora)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 樟樹 (“camphor tree”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		樟樹
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	樟樹
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	樟樹
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	香樟樹, 樟樹
	Guiyang	香樟樹
	Liuzhou	樟樹
Cantonese	Hong Kong	樟樹
Gan	Nanchang	樟樹
	Lichuan	樟樹
	Pingxiang	樟樹
Hakka	Yudu	樟樹
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	樟樹
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	樟樹
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	樟樹
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	樟樹
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	樟樹
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	樟樹
Southern Min	Taipei	樟仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	樟仔
	Kaohsiung	樟仔
	Yilan	樟仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	樟仔
	Taichung	樟仔
	Tainan	樟仔
	Hsinchu	樟仔樹
	Kinmen	樟
	Penghu (Magong)	樟
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	樟樹
Wu	Shanghai	香樟木, 樟樹
	Ningbo	樟樹
	Wenzhou	樟樹
	Jinhua	樟樹
Xiang	Loudi	樟樹

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Japanese

Kanji

樟

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: しょう (shō)
• Kan-on: しょう (shō)
• Kun: くす (kusu, 樟)、くすのき (kusunoki, 樟)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
樟
くす Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 樟 – see the following entry.

【くすクス】 [noun] Synonym of くすのき (kusu-no-ki) Alternative spelling 楠

(This term, 樟, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
樟
くすのき Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 樟 – see the following entry.

【くすのき】 [noun] camphor tree, Cinnamomum camphora Alternative spellings 楠, クスノキ

(This term, 樟, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

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Korean

Hanja

樟 (eum 장 (jang))

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Vietnamese

Han character

樟: Hán Nôm readings: chương

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References

• Nom Foundation