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stake

HSK 10
zhuāng
トウ、ショウ、シュ
くい
Components
Traditional (樁)
Meaning component
tree
wood
Phonetic component
chōng grind in mortar
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Simplified (桩)
tree+ farmstead =
stake
Meaning component
tree
Phonetic component
zhuāng farmstead
variant of 莊|庄[zhuāng]
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Notes
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Regular
Modern
Chinese
/ [zhuāng]
stump; stake; pile; classifier for items
Example Sentences