jiàng

craftsman

Evolution

匠 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
匠 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
匠 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

jiàng

craftsman, artisan; workman; craftsman

Most common words with 匠
Freq.
Word
Meaning

craftsman

铁匠

blacksmith

木匠

carpenter

工匠

artisan

鞋匠

shoemaker

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*s.baŋ-s

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jiàng

craftsman


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 4.6292% of movies

2327th most common character in movies

2110th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Unicode

U+5320

Shuowen

“匠,木工也。从匚,从斤。斤,所以作器也。”


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