仗

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仗 U+4ED7, 仗
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4ED7
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 付 →

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

仗 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+3, 5 strokes, cangjie input 人十大 (OJK), four-corner 25200, composition ⿰亻丈)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 92, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 371
  • Dae Jaweon: page 195, character 13
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 113, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+4ED7

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 仗

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (丈) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
丈 *daŋʔ
杖 *daŋʔ
仗 *daŋʔ, *daŋs

Etymology

Derived from 杖 (OC *daŋʔ) "cane, staff", with suffix *-s → *-h → 去聲／去声 (qùshēng), attested in Zuozhuan as 杖 (zhàng) (Schuessler, 2007). See there for etymology.

Pronunciation

Note: zoeng3 - "battle" (e.g. 打仗 (daa2 zoeng3)).
Rime
Character 仗 仗
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 澄 (11) 澄 (11)
Final (韻) 陽 (105) 陽 (105)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 直兩切 直亮切
Baxter drjangX drjangH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɖɨɐŋX/ /ɖɨɐŋH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɖiɐŋX/ /ɖiɐŋH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ȡiɑŋX/ /ȡiɑŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɖɨaŋX/ /ɖɨaŋH/
Li
Rong 		/ȡiaŋX/ /ȡiaŋH/
Wang
Li 		/ȡĭaŋX/ /ȡĭaŋH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ȡʱi̯aŋX/ /ȡʱi̯aŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		zhàng zhàng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zoeng6 zoeng6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 仗 仗
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 16838 16839
Phonetic
component 		丈 丈
Rime
group 		陽 陽
Rime
subdivision 		0 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		丈 仗
Old
Chinese 		/*daŋʔ/ /*daŋs/

Definitions

仗

  1. weaponry; weapons; arms
  2. to hold a weapon
  3. war; battle
    打仗  ―  dǎzhàng  ―  to fight a battle; to go to war
  4. (obsolete) guard; escort
  5. to depend; to rely
    仗著自己的權力為所欲為 [MSC, trad.]
    仗着自己的权力为所欲为 [MSC, simp.]
    zhàng zhe zìjǐ de quánlì wéisuǒyùwéi
    to rely on one's power to do whatever one wants

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

仗

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

Usage notes

This character is not used much in modern Japanese.

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
仗
つえ
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 仗 – see the following entry.
【杖つえ】J
staff, stick, walking stick, cane, stave, strove, rod, wand
something one leans on, a support
a cane used for corporal punishment
a particularly shaped stirring stick used to make New Year's porridge
the stem of a pear
(historical) a traditional unit of length
(historical) approximately 3 meters
(historical) seven 尺 (shaku, traditional Japanese foot) and five 寸 (sun, traditional Japanese inch), or approximately 2.3 meters
(historical) a traditional unit of area
(historical) one-fifth of a 段 (tan, traditional Japanese paddy size, roughly half of an English acre), or around 237m²
Alternative spellings
筇, 丈
(This term, 仗, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
仗
つわもの
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 仗 – see the following entry.
【つわもの】
(military) a war machine; a weapon
military ration
a brave and strong warrior
a stubborn person
Alternative spellings
兵, 強者
(This term, 仗, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
仗
まわり
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 仗 – see the following entry.
【回まわり】
(women's speech) side dish
relating to something else
(used in comparisons) a little, a bit
circumference, perimeter
via, by way of a place
the round of something or someone
duodecennium, a period of twelve years, referring to the twelve zodiac animals that can be someone's birth year
unit of size in clothing
stem or continuative form of 回る (mawaru)
Alternative spellings
廻り, 周り
(This term, 仗, is an alternative spelling (rare) of the above term.)

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
仗
じょう
Hyōgai
goon

From Middle Chinese 仗. Compare modern Mandarin 仗 (zhàng).

Pronunciation

Affix

仗(じょう) • (jō) ←ぢやう (dyau)?

  1. military strength
  2. reliable, dependable
Derived terms

Korean

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

Pronunciation

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

仗 (eum 장 (jang))

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Vietnamese

Han character

仗: Hán Nôm readings: trượng, dượng

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References

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