仗

仗	U+4ED7, 仗 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4ED7

← 他
[U+4ED6]

CJK Unified Ideographs

付 →
[U+4ED8]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

仗 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+3, 5 strokes, cangjie input 人十大 (OJK), four-corner 2520₀, composition ⿰亻丈)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 92, character 10
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 371
Dae Jaweon: page 195, character 13
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 113, character 2
Unihan data for U+4ED7

Chinese

simp. and trad.		仗

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (丈) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
丈	*daŋʔ
杖	*daŋʔ
仗	daŋʔ, daŋs

Etymology

Derived from 杖 (OC *daŋʔ) "cane, staff", with suffix *-s → *-h → 去聲／去声 (qùshēng), attested in Zuozhuan as 杖 (zhàng) (Schuessler, 2007). See there for etymology.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): zhàng (zhang⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄤˋ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): zang⁴

(Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): zhāng

(Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): zhān

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): җон (žon, III)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zoeng⁶ / zoeng³

(Dongguan, Jyutping++): zoeng³
Gan (Wiktionary): zong⁴
Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): cong³
Jin (Wiktionary): zon³
Northern Min (KCR): dio̿ng
Eastern Min (BUC): câng / tuóng / tuông
Puxian Min (Xianyou, Pouseng Ping'ing): dyoeng⁵
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tiǒng / tiōng / tiāng

(Teochew, Peng'im): ziang⁶
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁵tsan / ⁶zan / ⁶dzan / ⁴zan / ⁴dzan / ¹tsan; ²dzan / ⁵cian; ⁶jian
- (Jinhua): ⁵ciaon
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): zhan⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄤˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhàng
  - Wade–Giles: chang⁴
  - Yale: jàng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: janq
  - Palladius: чжан (čžan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: zang⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: zang
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saŋ²¹³/
- (Xi'an)
  - Guanzhong Pinyin: zhāng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂaŋ⁵⁵/
- (Nanjing)
  - Nanjing Pinyin: zhān
  - Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): zhan⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂã⁴⁴/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: җон (žon, III)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁴⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zoeng⁶ / zoeng³
  - Yale: jeuhng / jeung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng⁶ / dzoeng³
  - Guangdong Romanization: zêng⁶ / zêng³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sœːŋ²²/, /t͡sœːŋ³³/

Note: zoeng3 - "battle" (e.g. 打仗 (daa2 zoeng3)).

- (Dongguan, Guancheng)
  - Jyutping++: zoeng³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡søŋ³²/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: zong⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔŋ³⁵/
Hakka
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: cong³
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɔŋ³¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: zon³
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sɒ̃⁴⁵/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: dio̿ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiɔŋ³³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: câng / tuóng / tuông
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑŋ²⁴²/, /tʰuɔŋ²¹³/, /tʰuɔŋ²⁴²/
Puxian Min
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: dyoeng⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tyøŋ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiǒng
  - Tâi-lô: tiǒng
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ²²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiōng
  - Tâi-lô: tiōng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diong
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ²²/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiāng
  - Tâi-lô: tiāng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diang
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiaŋ²²/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tiaŋ³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ziang⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsiăng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siaŋ³⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai, Jiading, Songjiang, Chongming, Suzhou, Yixing, Changzhou, Deqing, Hangzhou, Shaoxing)
  - Wugniu: ⁵tsan
  - MiniDict: tsan^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tsan
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sã³⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Jiading): /t͡sã³⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /t͡sæ̃³⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Chongming): /t͡sã³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /t͡sã⁵²³/
  - Sinological IPA (Yixing): /t͡saŋ⁴¹²/
  - Sinological IPA (Changzhou): /t͡saŋ⁵²³/
  - Sinological IPA (Deqing): /t͡sã⁴³⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /t͡sɑŋ⁴⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /t͡saŋ³³/
- (Northern: Shanghai, Jiading, Songjiang, Suzhou, Kunshan, Tongxiang)
  - Wugniu: ⁶zan
  - MiniDict: zan^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zan
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zã²³/
  - Sinological IPA (Jiading): /zã¹³/
  - Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /zæ̃¹³/
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /zã²³¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Kunshan): /zã²¹³/
  - Sinological IPA (Tongxiang): /zã¹¹³/
- (Northern: Chongming, Xiaoshan)
  - Wugniu: ⁶dzan
  - MiniDict: dzan^去
  - Sinological IPA (Chongming): /d͡zã³¹³/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiaoshan): /d͡zã³¹/
- (Northern: Jiaxing, Haining)
  - Wugniu: ⁴zan
  - MiniDict: zan^上
  - Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /zã²¹³/
  - Sinological IPA (Haining): /zã⁴²/
- (Northern: Shaoxing)
  - Wugniu: ⁴dzan
  - MiniDict: dzan^上
  - Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /d͡zaŋ¹¹³/
- (Northern: Cixi)
  - Wugniu: ¹tsan; ²dzan
  - Sinological IPA (Cixi): /t͡sã³²⁴/, /d͡zã¹⁴/
- (Northern: Ningbo)
  - Wugniu: ⁵cian; ⁶jian
  - MiniDict: cian^去; jian^去
  - Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /t͡ɕiã⁵⁵/, /d͡ʑiã¹¹³/
- (Jinhua)
  - Wugniu: ⁵ciaon
  - Sinological IPA (Jinhua): /t͡ɕiɑŋ⁵⁵/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: zhan⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /ʈ͡ʂan⁴⁵/
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /t͡san⁴⁵/

Middle Chinese: drjangX, drjangH

Rime
Character	仗	仗
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	直兩切	直亮切
Baxter	drjangX	drjangH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖɨɐŋ^X/	/ɖɨɐŋ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖiɐŋ^X/	/ɖiɐŋ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡiɑŋ^X/	/ȡiɑŋ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖɨaŋ^X/	/ɖɨaŋ^H/
Li Rong	/ȡiaŋ^X/	/ȡiaŋ^H/
Wang Li	/ȡĭaŋ^X/	/ȡĭaŋ^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȡʱi̯aŋ^X/	/ȡʱi̯aŋ^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhàng	zhàng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zoeng⁶	zoeng⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*daŋʔ/, /*daŋs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	仗	仗
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	16838	16839
Phonetic component	丈	丈
Rime group	陽	陽
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	丈	仗
Old Chinese	/*daŋʔ/	/*daŋs/

Definitions

仗

weaponry; weapons; arms
to hold a weapon
war; battle
打仗 ― dǎzhàng ― to fight a battle; to go to war
(obsolete) guard; escort
to depend; to rely
仗著自己的權力為所欲為 [MSC, trad.]
仗着自己的权力为所欲为 [MSC, simp.]
zhàng zhe zìjǐ de quánlì wéisuǒyùwéi [Pinyin]
to rely on one's power to do whatever one wants

Compounds

仙仗
仗劍 / 仗剑 (zhàngjiàn)
仗勢 / 仗势 (zhàngshì)
仗勢凌人
仗勢欺人 / 仗势欺人 (zhàngshìqīrén)
仗恃 (zhàngshì)
仗托
仗義 / 仗义 (zhàngyì)
仗義執言 / 仗义执言 (zhàngyìzhíyán)
仗義疏財 / 仗义疏财 (zhàngyìshūcái)
仗義直言 / 仗义直言
仗義輕財 / 仗义轻财
仗腰子
仗膽兒 / 仗胆儿
仗衛 / 仗卫
仗賴 / 仗赖
仗馬無聲 / 仗马无声
仰仗 (yǎngzhàng)
任賢仗能 / 任贤仗能
作仗
依仗 (yīzhàng)
依官仗勢 / 依官仗势
倚仗 (yǐzhàng)
倚官仗勢 / 倚官仗势
倚財仗勢 / 倚财仗势
儀仗 / 仪仗 (yízhàng)
儀仗隊 / 仪仗队 (yízhàngduì)
兵仗
刀仗
勝仗 / 胜仗 (shèngzhàng)
大陣仗 / 大阵仗 (dàzhènzhàng)
天仗
寒蟬仗馬 / 寒蝉仗马
對仗 / 对仗 (duìzhàng)
御仗 (yùzhàng)
慢仗
慷慨仗義 / 慷慨仗义
憑仗 / 凭仗 (píngzhàng)
打仗 (dǎzhàng)
打勝仗 / 打胜仗
打敗仗 / 打败仗
打水仗
打雪仗 (dǎxuězhàng)
擔仗 / 担仗
敗仗 / 败仗 (bàizhàng)
明火執仗 / 明火执仗
槍仗手 / 枪仗手
死仗 (sǐzhàng)
沒投仰仗 / 没投仰仗
沒頭仰仗 / 没头仰仗
炮仗 (pàozhang)
爆仗 (bàozhàng)
狗仗人勢 / 狗仗人势
狗仗官勢 / 狗仗官势
疏財仗義 / 疏财仗义 (shūcái zhàngyì)
硬仗 (yìngzhàng)
立仗馬 / 立仗马
筆仗 / 笔仗
籠仗 / 笼仗
細仗 / 细仗
衛仗 / 卫仗
袍仗
負氣仗義 / 负气仗义
贓仗 / 赃仗
車仗 / 车仗
軍仗 / 军仗
輕財仗義 / 轻财仗义
鎧仗 / 铠仗
開仗 / 开仗 (kāizhàng)
陣仗 / 阵仗 (zhènzhàng)

References

“仗”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

仗

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

Go-on: じょう (jō)^{←ぢやう (dyau, historical)}
Kan-on: しょう (shō)^{←しやう (syau, historical)}
Kun: つえ (tsue, 仗)^{←つゑ (twe, 仗, historical)}、つわもの (tsuwamono, 仗)、よる (yoru, 仗る)

Usage notes

This character is not used much in modern Japanese.

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
仗
つえ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 仗 – see the following entry.

【杖つえ】J

[noun] staff, stick, walking stick, cane, stave, strove, rod, wand

[noun] something one leans on, a support

[noun] a cane used for corporal punishment

[noun] a particularly shaped stirring stick used to make New Year's porridge

[noun] the stem of a pear

[noun] (historical) a traditional unit of length

[noun] (historical) approximately 3 meters

[noun] (historical) seven 尺 (shaku, traditional Japanese foot) and five 寸 (sun, traditional Japanese inch), or approximately 2.3 meters

[noun] (historical) a traditional unit of area

[noun] (historical) one-fifth of a 段 (tan, traditional Japanese paddy size, roughly half of an English acre), or around 237m²

Alternative spellings
筇, 丈

(This term, 仗, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
仗
つわもの Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 仗 – see the following entry.

【つわもの】

[noun] (military) a war machine; a weapon

[noun] military ration

[noun] a brave and strong warrior

[noun] a stubborn person

Alternative spellings
兵, 強者

(This term, 仗, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
仗
まわり Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 仗 – see the following entry.

【回まわり】

[noun] (women's speech) side dish

[noun] relating to something else

[suffix] (used in comparisons) a little, a bit

[suffix] circumference, perimeter

[suffix] via, by way of a place

[suffix] the round of something or someone

[suffix] duodecennium, a period of twelve years, referring to the twelve zodiac animals that can be someone's birth year

[suffix] unit of size in clothing

[verb] stem or continuative form of 回る (mawaru) [godan]

Alternative spellings
廻り, 周り

(This term, 仗, is an alternative spelling (rare) of the above term.)

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
仗
じょう Hyōgai
goon

From Middle Chinese 仗. Compare modern Mandarin 仗 (zhàng).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞ː]

Affix

仗(じょう) • (jō) ^{←ぢやう (dyau)^?}

Derived terms

仗旗(じょうき) (jōki, “in medieval times, a special imperial flag marking occasions of special dignity, such as the first day of a new emperor's reign”)
仗議(じょうぎ) (jōgi), 仗儀(じょうぎ) (jōgi, “in the Nara period, a kind of codified conference before the imperial court, whereby nobles below the rank of minister would discuss the business of government”)
仗座(じょうざ) (jōza, “the seats of the Imperial Guard; where nobles would sit to offer counsel to the court”)
仗身(じょうしん) (jōshin, “in the Nara period, the court-appointed bodyguard of officials of fifth or higher rank”)
仗術(じょうじゅつ) (jōjutsu, “a traditional Japanese martial art using a shortened staff: a kind of stick fighting”)
儀仗(ぎじょう) (gijō, “ornamental weapon for ceremonial usage”)

Korean

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕa̠ŋ]
Phonetic hangul: [장]

Hanja

仗 (eum 장 (jang))

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Vietnamese

Han character

仗: Hán Nôm readings: trượng, dượng

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References

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