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匠

jiàng

Character

What 匠 means

1. craftsman

Example sentences

• 打铁成铁匠。
  Dǎtiě chéng tiějiang.
  It's by smithing that one becomes a blacksmith.
• 他是个好木匠。
  Tā shì gè hǎo mùjiàng.
  He is a good carpenter.
• 木匠带着工具。
  Mùjiàng dài zhe gōngjù.
  The carpenter brought his tools along.
• 木匠带了工具。
  The carpenter brought his tools along.
• 我爷爷是个木匠。
  Wǒ yéye shì gè mùjiàng.
  My grandfather is a carpenter.
• 矮人们是伟大的铁匠。
  ǎirénmen shì wěidà de tiějiang.
  The dwarves are great smiths.

Words starting with 匠

• 匠心jiàng xīningenuity; craftsmanship
• 匠心独运jiàng xīn dú yùnoriginal and ingenious (idiom); to show great creativity

Words containing 匠

• 木匠mù jiàngcarpenter
• 工匠gōng jiàngartisan; smith
• 铁匠tiě jiangblacksmith; ironworker
• 巨匠jù jiànggreat master (of literature, music etc)
• 皮匠pí jiangcobbler
• 大匠dà jiàngmaster craftsman; Han dynasty official title
• 宗匠zōng jiàngperson with remarkable academic or artistic attainments; master craftsman…
• 巧匠qiǎo jiàngskilled workman
• 帽匠mào jiàngmilliner
• 瓦匠wǎ jiangbricklayer; tiler
• 石匠shí jiàngstonemason
• 花匠huā jiànggardener
• 金匠jīn jiànggoldsmith
• 银匠yín jiàngsilversmith
• 铜匠tóng jiangcoppersmith
• 锁匠suǒ jianglocksmith
• 陶匠táo jiàngpotter
• 鞋匠xié jiangshoemaker; cobbler
• 修补匠xiū bǔ jiàngtinker
• 修鞋匠xiū xié jiànga cobbler
• 教书匠jiāo shū jiànghack teacher; pedagogue
• 泥水匠ní shuǐ jiàngmason
• 泥瓦匠ní wǎ jiàngbricklayer; tiler; mason
• 皮鞋匠pí xié jiàngshoemaker

Characters that look like 匠

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 医yīmedical; medicine; doctor
• 臣chénstate official or subject in dynastic China; I, your servant…
• 匡kuāng(literary) to rectify; (literary) to assist; (colloquial) to calculate roughly…
• 匝zā(literary) to encircle; to go around; to surround; (literary) whole; full…
• 酉yǒu10th earthly branch: 5-7 p.m., 8th solar month (8th September-7th October), year of the…
• 叵pǒnot; thereupon

Sounds the same

Read jiàng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 降to drop; to fall; to come down
• 酱thick paste of fermented soybean; marinated in soy paste; paste
• 将(bound form) a general; (literary) to command; to lead…
• 绛purple-red
• 强stubborn; unyielding
• 糨(of soup, paste etc) thick
• 弶snare; to snare
• 洚flood
• 浆variant of 糨
• 犟variant of 强
• 匞old variant of 匠
• 夅old variant of 降