杖
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a staff; a rod; cane; walking stick; to flog with a stick (old)
7 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,539 U+6756
How 杖 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
木 (semantic, “wood”) + 丈 (phonetic, zhàng)
How to remember it
cane · Heisig RSH #2102
木 tree + 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 |
| 仗 | zhàng | 1to rely upon; protector; to fight; war, weaponry |
Words containing 杖
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 杖头木偶 | zhàng tóu mù ǒu | zhangtou wooden rod puppetry |
| 登山杖 | dēng shān zhàng | trekking pole |
| 手杖 | shǒu zhàng | cane; CL:把[ba3] |
| 法杖 | fǎ zhàng | magic staff |
| 明杖 | míng zhàng | white cane (used by the blind) |
| 权杖 | quán zhàng | scepter |
| 铁杖 | tiě zhàng | steel staff; steel stick |
| 刑杖 | xíng zhàng | rod used for flogging offenders |
| 杖刑 | zhàng xíng | beating with wooden staves (as corporal punishment) |
| 魔杖 | mó zhàng | magic wand |
| 杖责 | zhàng zé | (literary) to punish by beating with a rod |
| 盲杖 | máng zhàng | white cane (used by the blind) |
| 锡杖 | xī zhàng | (Buddhism) khakkhara; staff topped with metal rings, traditionally carried by Buddhist mon… |
| 棍杖 | gùn zhàng | staff; rod |
| 拐杖 | guǎi zhàng | crutches; crutch; walking stick |
| 禅杖 | chán zhàng | the staff of a Buddhist monk |
| 笞杖 | chī zhàng | a cudgel; CL:根[gen1] |
| 擀面杖 | gǎn miàn zhàng | rolling pin |