漢字Kanji · in Structures & Home
庄: level, in the country
Also: manor, village, hamlet
JLPT N16 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met
广 carries the meaning · 土 is drawn in
6 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
ショウshou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 庄屋しょうやvillage headman (esp. in the Kansai region)
- 庄しょうmanor; villa
- 庄園しょうえんmanor; demesne
Also read ソ, ソウ, ホウ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Build on the hillside! This radical represents practical buildings that provide shelter while leaning directly into the landscape.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side庄 level · 广
vs圧 pressure · 厂In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · zhuāng
Same form: 庄 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 庄 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 庄 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin zhuāng 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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