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璋

zhāng

Character

What 璋 means

1. jade tablet used in ceremonies, shaped like the left or right half of a "gui" {圭|guī}, also given to male infants to play with

Example sentences

• 我叫璋子，你呢？
  My name is Tamako, and yours is?

Words containing 璋

• 朱元璋Zhū Yuán zhāngZhu Yuanzhang, personal name of first Ming dynasty emperor Hongwu 洪武
• 弄璋nòng zhāng(literary) to have a baby boy; to celebrate the birth of a son

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
• 瘴zhàngmalaria; miasma
• 嶂zhàngcliff; range of peaks
• 獐zhāngriver deer; roebuck

Characters that look like 璋

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

• 樟zhāngcamphor; Cinnamonum camphara
• 蹄tíhoof; pig's trotters
• 漳ZhāngZhang river in Fujian
• 璜huángsemicircular jade ornament
• 樽zūngoblet; bottle; wine-jar
• 瘴zhàngmalaria; miasma

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
• 樟camphor; Cinnamonum camphara
• 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