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嶂

zhàng

Character

What 嶂 means

1. cliff
2. range of peaks

Words containing 嶂

• 层峦叠嶂céng luán dié zhàngrange upon range of mountains (idiom)
• 重峦叠嶂chóng luán dié zhàngrange upon range of mountains (idiom)

Characters built on 章

These share the phonetic component 章 (zhāng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 障zhàngto block; to hinder; to obstruct
• 彰zhāngclear; conspicuous; manifest
• 樟zhāngcamphor; Cinnamonum camphara
• 蟑zhāngused in 蟑螂
• 漳ZhāngZhang river in Fujian
• 璋zhāngjade tablet used in ceremonies, shaped like the left or right half of a "gui" 圭
• 瘴zhàngmalaria; miasma
• 獐zhāngriver deer; roebuck

Sounds the same

Read zhàng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 丈measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m); to measure; husband
• 账account; bill; debt
• 障to block; to hinder; to obstruct
• 帐(bound form) curtain; tent; canopy; variant of 账
• 胀to swell; to distend; to expand; swollen; bloated
• 仗weaponry; to hold (a weapon); to wield
• 杖a staff; a rod; cane
• 涨to swell; to distend
• 瘴malaria; miasma
• 幛hanging scroll
• 瞕cataract in the eye
• 粀decameter (old)