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樟

zhāng

Character

What 樟 means

1. camphor
2. Cinnamonum camphara

Words starting with 樟

• 樟树zhāng shùcamphor; Cinnamonum camphara
• 樟木Zhāng mùDram (Chinese Zhangmu), town at Tibet-Nepal border
• 樟宜Zhāng yíChangi, area in the east of Singapore, where Singapore Changi Airport is located
• 樟脑zhāng nǎocamphor C10H16O
• 樟树市Zhāng shù ShìZhangshu, a county-level city in Yichun City 宜春市
• 樟脑丸zhāng nǎo wáncamphor balls; moth balls
• 樟脑球zhāng nǎo qiúcamphor balls; moth balls

Words containing 樟

• 牛樟niú zhāngCinnamomum kanehirae; small-leaf camphor; stout camphor (indigenous to Taiwan)

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
• 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
• 嶂zhàngcliff; range of peaks
• 獐zhāngriver deer; roebuck

Characters that look like 樟

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

• 操cāoto grasp; to hold; to operate
• 摔shuāito throw down; to fall; to drop and break
• 樽zūngoblet; bottle; wine-jar
• 璋zhāngjade tablet used in ceremonies, shaped like the left or right half of a "gui" 圭
• 榫sǔn(cabinetmaking) tenon

Sounds the same

Read zhāng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 张to open up; to spread; sheet of paper
• 章chapter; section; clause
• 彰clear; conspicuous; manifest
• 璋jade tablet used in ceremonies, shaped like the left or right half of a "gui" 圭
• 蟑used in 蟑螂
• 漳Zhang river in Fujian
• 獐river deer; roebuck
• 嫜husband's father
• 鄣place name
• 暲bright; to rise (of sun)
• 粻food; white cooked rice
• 𫠒octopus