Pictograph of a cliff or similarly shaped object. Sometimes used interchangeably with 广 to depict a roof. In simplified Chinese 厂 is also used to mean "factory", while in traditional Chinese this meaning is written with a separate character 廠.
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Historical Evolution
厂
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
厂
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
厂
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
厂
Regular
Modern
Chinese
厂 [hǎn]
"cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 27), occurring in 原, 历, 压 etc
厂 / 廠 [chǎng]
factory; yard; depot; workhouse; works; (industrial) plant
Japanese
kanji "cliff" radical (radical 27)
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (70)
工厂 [gōngchǎng] #2,436
factory
厂商 [chǎngshāng] #21,946
manufacturer
厂家 [chǎngjiā] #22,314
factory
厂房 [chǎngfáng] #27,068
a building used as a factory
厂长 [chǎngzhǎng] #67,633
factory director
电厂 [diànchǎng] #29,539
electric power plant
发电厂 [fādiànchǎng] #17,558
power plant
出厂 [chūchǎng] #27,963
to leave the factory (of finished goods)
加工厂 [jiāgōngchǎng] #25,766
processing plant
炼油厂 [liànyóuchǎng] #19,542
oil refinery
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JAPANESE WORDS (1)