樟
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(bound form) camphor tree
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How 樟 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
木 (semantic, “tree”) + 章 (phonetic, zhāng)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 章
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 章 (zhāng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 章 sound component | zhāng | chapter, section, writing; seal |
| 商 | shāng | commerce, business, trade |
| 障 | zhàng | to separate; shield, barricade |
| 彰 | zhāng | clear, manifest, obvious |
| 漳 | zhāng | a river in Henan province |
| 瘴 | zhàng | malaria; miasma, pestilential vapor |
| 獐 | zhāng | roebuck, hornless river deer |
| 嶂 | zhàng | cliff; the barrier formed by a mountain range |
| 璋 | zhāng | jade plaything; jade ornament |
| 蟑 | zhāng | cockroach |
| 嫜 | zhāng | husband's mother; the lady in the moon |
| 鄣 | zhāng | an ancient city in Jiangsu province |
Words containing 樟
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 樟树市 | Zhāng shù Shì | Zhangshu, a county-level city in Yichun City 宜春市[Yi2 chun1 Shi4], Jiangxi |
| 樟脑球 | zhāng nǎo qiú | mothball |
| 香樟树 | xiāng zhāng shù | camphor tree (Cinnamomum officinarum) |
| 樟木 | zhāng mù | camphorwood |
| 香樟 | xiāng zhāng | camphor tree (Cinnamomum officinarum) |
| 牛樟 | niú zhāng | Cinnamomum kanehirae; small-leaf camphor; stout camphor (indigenous to Taiwan) |
| 樟树 | Zhāng shù | see 樟樹市|樟树市[Zhang1 shu4 Shi4] |
| 樟树 | zhāng shù | camphor tree (Cinnamomum officinarum) |
| 樟脑 | zhāng nǎo | camphor |
| 樟脑丸 | zhāng nǎo wán | mothball |
| 樟宜 | Zhāng yí | Changi, area in the east of Singapore, where Singapore Changi Airport is located |