仗
weaponry; to hold (a weapon); to wield; to rely on; to depend on; war; battle
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Dict coverage rank #1,849 U+4ED7
How 仗 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
亻 (semantic, “person”) + 丈 (phonetic, zhàng)
How to remember it
battle · Heisig RSH #2103
人 person + 丈 100 Chinese inches
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 丈
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 丈 (zhàng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 丈 sound component | zhàng | gentleman, man, husband; unit of length equal to 3.3 meters |
| 杖 | zhàng | cane, walking stick |
Words containing 仗
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 口水仗 | kǒu shuǐ zhàng | dispute; spat; shouting match |
| 打对仗 | dǎ duì zhàng | to compete |
| 打翻身仗 | dǎ fān shēn zhàng | to work hard towards a turnaround; to fight to reverse sth |
| 狗仗人势 | gǒu zhàng rén shì | a dog threatens based on master's power (idiom); to use one's position to bully others |
| 打雪仗 | dǎ xuě zhàng | to have a snowball fight |
| 仗义执言 | zhàng yì zhí yán | to speak out for justice (idiom); to take a stand on a matter of principle |
| 开仗 | kāi zhàng | to start a war; to open hostilities |
| 打仗 | dǎ zhàng | to fight a battle; to go to war |
| 仗义 | zhàng yì | to uphold justice; to be loyal (to one's friends); to stick by |
| 仗义疏财 | zhàng yì shū cái | to help the needy for justice (idiom); to be loyal to one's friends and generous to the ne… |
| 疏财仗义 | shū cái zhàng yì | distributing money, fighting for virtue (idiom); fig. generous in helping the needy |
| 仗火 | zhàng huǒ | battle |
| 死仗 | sǐ zhàng | to fight bitterly; hard struggle |
| 对仗 | duì zhàng | antithesis (two lines of poetry matching in sense and sound); to fight; to wage war |
| 干仗 | gàn zhàng | to quarrel (dialect) |
| 行侠仗义 | xíng xiá zhàng yì | to be chivalrous |
| 牡丹虽好，全仗绿叶扶持 | mǔ dan suī hǎo , quán zhàng lǜ yè fú chí | Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom)… |
| 仗势欺人 | zhàng shì qī rén | to take advantage of one's position to bully people (idiom); to kick people around |
| 仪仗队 | yí zhàng duì | honor guard; guard of honor; the banner bearing contingent leading a military procession |
| 雪仗 | xuě zhàng | snow fight; snowball fight |