杖 — Chinese character
杖
zhàng
cane, walking stick
- Pinyin
- zhàng
- Radical
- 75 ⽊ (Tree)
- Strokes
- 7
- Components
- 木 丈
- Formation
- pictophonetic — wood; meaning component 木; sound component 丈
- Japanese
- 杖 as a kanji
Common words with 杖
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 拐杖 | guǎi zhàng | crutches; crutch |
| 魔杖 | mó zhàng | magic wand |
| 手杖 | shǒu zhàng | cane; measure word: 把 (bǎ) |
| 权杖 (權杖) | quán zhàng | scepter |
| 擀面杖 (擀麵杖) | gǎn miàn zhàng | rolling pin |
| 法杖 | fǎ zhàng | magic staff |
| 锡杖 (錫杖) | xī zhàng | (Buddhism) khakkhara; staff topped with metal rings, traditionally carried by Buddhist monks |
| 禅杖 (禪杖) | chán zhàng | the staff of a Buddhist monk |
| 铁杖 (鐵杖) | tiě zhàng | steel staff; steel stick |
| 杖刑 | zhàng xíng | beating with wooden staves (as corporal punishment) |
| 笞杖 | chī zhàng | a cudgel; measure word: 根 (gēn) |
| 刑杖 | xíng zhàng | rod used for flogging offenders |
English words written with 杖
杖 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 4 · Zhuangzi 8
- Analects 10.10
- Analects 14.46
- Analects 18.7
- Zhuangzi Knowledge travels North
- Zhuangzi On Declining Power
- Zhuangzi On Swords
- Zhuangzi The Old Fisherman
- Zhuangzi Lieh Tzŭ
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