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妆

zhuāng

to adorn oneself

Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 丬 represents the sound. Simplified form of 妝.

Components
丬 sound component

丬  Sound component

qiáng

  

piece of wood

丬 is a component form of 爿.

女 meaning component

女  Meaning component

nǚ, rǔ

  

woman

Evolution

妆 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
妆 Bronze script Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Bronze script

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
妆 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
妆 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
妆 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

妆 (妝) 

zhuāng

to adorn oneself, dress up, use make-up; (of a woman) to adorn oneself; makeup; adornment; trousseau; stage makeup and costume

妆 (粧) 

zhuāng

variant of 妝|妆[zhuāng]

Most common words with 妆
Freq.
Word
Meaning

化妆

to put on makeup

妆

makeup

化妆品

cosmetic

卸妆

to remove makeup

嫁妆

dowry

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 12.4139% of movies

1734th most common character in movies

2639th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Traditional

妝

Unicode

U+5986


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