Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 壯 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (莊)
Notes
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Historical Evolution
荘
Bronze
Mid Spring and Autumn (~600 BC)
荘
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
荘
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
荘
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
荘
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
荘
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
荘
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
荘
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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Regular
Modern
Chinese
庄 / 莊 [Zhuāng]
surname Zhuang
庄 / 莊 [zhuāng]
farmstead; village; manor; place of business; banker (in a gambling game); grave or solemn; holdings of a landlord (in imperial China)
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
荘 かがり
Kagari surname
荘 かざり
Kazari surname
荘 しょう
Shou given name
荘 そう
Sou surname
荘 そうさき
Sousaki surname
荘 そお
Soo surname
荘 ただし
Tadashi unclassified name
荘 ちょん
Chon unclassified name
荘 ていえん
Teien surname
莊 そう
Sou surname
CHINESE WORDS (60)
村庄 [cūnzhuāng] #5,298
village
庄园 [zhuāngyuán] #7,155
manor
山庄 [shānzhuāng] #13,009
manor house
庄严 [zhuāngyán] #12,063
solemn
庄稼 [zhuāngjia] #11,746
farm crop
庄家 [zhuāngjiā] #14,460
farmhouse
石家庄 [Shíjiāzhuāng] #9,606
Shijiazhuang prefecture level city and capital of Hebei Province 河北省[HéběiShěng] in north China
庄重 [zhuāngzhòng] #15,145
grave
农庄 [nóngzhuāng] #13,336
farm
端庄 [duānzhuāng] #17,515
dignified
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JAPANESE WORDS (29)
⭐ 飾る [かざる] #2,448
to decorate
⭐ 別荘 [べっそう] #9,273
holiday house
⭐ 荘厳 [そうごん] #15,045
solemn
荘 [しょう] #18,177
manor
⭐ 山荘 [さんそう] #35,468
mountain villa
庄屋 [しょうや] #46,009
village headman (esp. in the Kansai region)
荘重 [そうちょう] #51,156
solemn
荘園 [しょうえん] #51,171
manor
別荘地 [べっそうち] #51,344
area of holiday homes
雀荘 [ジャンそう] #72,471
mahjong parlour
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KOREAN WORDS (3)