章
HSK 6freq #3279
Meanings
CC-CEDICT
- 1.chapter
- 2.section
- 3.clause
- 4.movement (of symphony)
- 5.seal
- 6.badge
- 7.regulation
- 8.order
- 1.surname Zhang
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Wiktionary
- 1.chapter; section
- 2.composition; structure
- 3.rules; regulations; constitution; charter
- 4.seal; stamp
- 5.badge; medal; emblem
- 6.order
- 7.memorial to the throne
- 8.mahjong tiles
- 9.obvious; well-known
- 10.to make manifest; to display; to express
- 11.to commend; to praise; to distinguish
- 12.Classifier for chapters, etc.
- 13.the cycle of 19 years (approximate common multiple for the synodic month and tropical year, similar to the Metonic cycle)
- 14.a surname, Zhang or Cheung
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Etymology
Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): A chisel 辛 piercing a piece of untreated jade in the middle of the character (now 日). Originally meaning "to treat jade", likely the original character of 璋 or 彰. STEDT compares the word to Proto-Kuki-Chin *klaaŋ-I, *klaan-II (“to shine; light; bright”); see 陽 (OC *laŋ, “sunshine”) for more.
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Stroke order
Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
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