彰 - Dong Chinese dictionary

This information for this character has not been manually reviewed and may not be accurate.

zhāng

clear

Phonosemantic compound. 彡 represents the meaning and 章 represents the sound.

Components

彡 Meaning component

shān

hair

章 Sound component

zhāng

chapter, seal

Evolution

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

zhāng

clear, manifest, obvious; clear; conspicuous; manifest

Most common words with 彰

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	表彰	to honor
	彰	clear
	彰显	to manifest
	相得益彰	to complement one another well
	欲盖弥彰	trying to hide it makes it more conspicuous (idiom); A cover up only makes matters worse.

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 1.4737% of movies

3250th most common character in movies

2953rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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