Translingual

Han character

丈 (radical 1 一+2, 3 strokes, cangjie input 十大 (JK), four-corner 5000₀)

References

• KangXi: page 76, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11
• Dae Jaweon: page 137, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 9, character 2
• Unihan data for U+4E08

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 丈
Bronze inscriptions	Large seal script	Small seal script
Large seal script L35087 L17509 Small seal script s01638
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (large seal) and Xu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 十 ‎(“ten”) + 又 ‎(“hand”) – ten chi (尺) is one zhang (丈).

Pronunciation

Definitions

丈

1. A unit of measurement.
   1. The zhang, a traditional Chinese unit of length equal to 10 chi (尺)
   2. The mainland zhang, a unit of length standardized in 1984 as 3 ¹/₃meters.
   3. The Taiwanese zhang, a unit of length standardized as 3 ¹/₃₃meters, identical to the Japanese jō.
   4. The Hong Kong jeuhng, standardized as 3.71475 meters.
2. to survey (land); to measure
3. gentleman; man; husband

   丈夫  ―  zhàngfū  ―  husband

Synonyms

• (mainland zhang): 市丈 (shìzhàng)

See also

• 尺 (chǐ), 寸 (cùn), 分 (fēn)

Compounds

Japanese

Etymology 1

From Chinese 丈 ‎(zhang)

Noun

丈 ‎(hiragana じょう, romaji jō, historical hiragana ぢやう)

1. jō, a traditional Japanese unit of length based on 10 shaku, standardized as equal to 3 ¹/₃₃meters.

Etymology 2

/take2/: [takye] → [take]. Cognate with 高 ‎(taka, “height”), 高い ‎(takai, “high”), and 長ける ‎(takeru, “to be high”).

Alternative forms

• 長

Noun

丈 ‎(hiragana たけ, romaji take)

1. height
   • 970-999, Utsubo Monogatari (Toshikage)

     [...] いひ教ふる事もなくておほしたつるに、年にもあはず、丈たかく心かしこし。

Particle

丈 ‎(hiragana だけ, romaji dake)

1. only, limit

   ローマ字 (じ)だけの辞書 (じしょ)。

   Rōmaji dake no jisho.

   A rōmaji-only dictionary.

   寝 (ね)たいだけ寝 (ね)ていい。

   Netai dake nete ii.

   You can sleep as much as you want.

Usage notes

• The Kanji spelling 丈 is rarely used.

Proper noun

丈 ‎(hiragana じょう, romaji Jō, historical hiragana ぢやう)

1. A male given name

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• Goon: じょう (jō), (historical) ぢやう (djau)
• Kan’on: ちょう (chō) (non-Jōyō reading)
• Kun: たけ (take), だけ (dake)

Compounds

• はちじょう ‎(hachijō)

References

• Kōno, Tama (c. 970–999) Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 10: Utsubo Monogatari 1 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 978-4-00-060010-1, published 1959.

Korean

Hanja

丈 • ‎(jang)
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 장 (revised: jang, McCune-Reischauer: chang, Yale: cang)

• Name (hangeul): 어른 (revised: eoleun, McCune-Reischauer: ǒrǔn)

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References

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 丈

Vietnamese

Han character

丈 (trượng)

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