漢字Kanji · in Animals & Wildlife
状: status quo, conditions
Also: circumstances, form, appearance
JLPT N37 strokesGrade 5Your ink: 白 Not met
- ⺦(sound)
- 犬dog(meaning)
犬 carries the meaning · ⺦ gives the sound
7 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
ジョウjou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 状態じょうたいcondition, state
- 状況じょうきょうsituation, circumstances
- 形状けいじょうshape [n.]
- 液状えきじょうliquid state
- 現状げんじょうstatus quo, present state
- 症状しょうじょうsymptoms
- 病状びょうじょうcondition of disease or patient
- 賞状しょうじょうcertificate of merit
- 礼状れいじょうletter of thanks
- 招待状しょうたいじょうwritten invitation
- 年賀状ねんがじょうNew Year's card
- 白状するはくじょうするconfess
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)爿 (sound) + 犬 (meaning)
Source: Wiktionary, 狀 (rev. 90293216), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“A dog (犬) + a split wood sliver (爿). Originally referred to the distinct "status" or "form" of a well-trained hunting dog, now used for any general condition.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
⺦
Also built on ⺦
In ChineseSimplified, as in Japanese · traditional 狀 · zhuàng
Japan uses the same simplified form as mainland China, 状. Taiwan and Hong Kong write 狀.
- Simplified
- 状 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 狀 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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