丈 — Chinese character
丈
zhàng
gentleman, man, husband; unit of length equal to 3.3 meters
- Pinyin
- zhàng
- Radical
- 1 ⼀ (One)
- Strokes
- 3
- Components
- 一 又
- Japanese
- 丈 as a kanji
Common words with 丈
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 丈夫 | zhàng fu | husband |
| 丈母娘 | zhàng mǔ niáng | wife's mother; mother-in-law |
| 大丈夫 | dà zhàng fu | a manly man; a man of character |
| 方丈 | fāng zhang | square zhang (i.e. unit of area 10 feet square); monastic room 10 feet square |
| 丈量 | zhàng liáng | to measure; measurement |
| 一落千丈 | yī luò qiān zhàng | lit. to drop a thousand zhang in one fall (idiom); fig. (of business, popularity etc) to suffer a sudden, devastating decline |
| 万丈 (萬丈) | wàn zhàng | lit. ten thousand fathoms; fig. extremely high or deep |
| 姑丈 | gū zhàng | husband of paternal aunt |
| 姨丈 | yí zhàng | mother's sister's husband; husband of mother's sister |
| 火冒三丈 | huǒ mào sān zhàng | to get really angry |
| 老丈人 | lǎo zhàng ren | (coll.) father-in-law (wife's father) |
| 丈母 | zhàng mǔ | wife's mother; mother-in-law |
English words written with 丈
丈 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 1 · Analects 2 · I Ching 3 · Mencius 11 · Zhuangzi 10
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 38
- Analects 18.7
- Hexagram 7
- Hexagram 17
- Mencius 2B.10
- Mencius 2B.12
- Mencius 3A.1
- Mencius 3B.2
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