Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

壮: robust, manhood

Also: prosperity

JLPT N16 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

士 carries the meaning · ⺦ gives the sound

6 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

ソウsou · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 壮大そうだいmagnificent; grand; majestic
  • 悲壮ひそうtragic but brave; heroic; grim
  • 壮行そうこう(rousing) send-off; farewell
  • 壮年そうねんprime of life
  • 壮絶そうぜつheroic; fierce; grand
  • 勇壮ゆうそうheroic; brave; majestic

Also read さかん, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Where it comes from

Origin · sourced

Phono-semantic compound (形聲)爿 (sound) + 士 (meaning)

Source: Wiktionary, 壯 (rev. 92542030), CC BY-SA 4.0

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Samurai (士) + bed/frame. Represents a "man" in the prime of his life, full of energy and "vigor," standing strong like a majestic warrior.”
From the 士 man story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
⺦

Also built on ⺦

士

Also built on man (士)

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壮 gives its sound to

The family reading is ソウ (sou). Sound parts: KanjiVG.

Also read ソウ

56 kanji share this on'yomiAll 56

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
壮 robust · ⺦ + 士
vs江 creek · 氵 + 工
壮 has ⺦ + 士 where 江 has 氵 + 工.
In ChineseSimplified, as in Japanese · traditional 壯 · zhuàng

Japan uses the same simplified form as mainland China, 壮. Taiwan and Hong Kong write 壯.

Simplified
壮 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
壯 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin zhuàng most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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