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瘴

zhàng

Character

What 瘴 means

1. malaria
2. miasma

Words starting with 瘴

• 瘴疠zhàng lìtropical disease attributed to miasma; malaria

Words containing 瘴

• 乌烟瘴气wū yān zhàng qìbillowing smoke (idiom); foul atmosphere; (fig.) murky atmosphere

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

Characters that look like 瘴

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

• 摩móto rub
• 澡zǎobath
• 朦méngused in 朦胧
• 瘠jíbarren; lean
• 臊sàoshame; bashfulness; to shame
• 燎liáoto burn; to set afire

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
• 嶂cliff; range of peaks
• 幛hanging scroll
• 瞕cataract in the eye
• 粀decameter (old)

Go deeper

• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zhàng correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.