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杖
zhàng
1. a staff
2. a rod
3. cane
4. walking stick
5. to flog with a stick (old)
Common • Top 12% ✏️ 7 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

杖
zhàng
cane, walking stick
HSK 6 7 丶

Compound Words (14)

手杖
shǒuzhàng
cane
拐杖
guǎizhàng
crutches
HSK 6
明杖
míngzhàng
white cane (used by the blind)
杖刑
zhàngxíng
beating with wooden staves (as corporal punishment)
棍杖
gùnzhàng
wooden staff
权杖
quánzhàng
scepter
盲杖
mángzhàng
white cane (used by the blind)
禅杖
chánzhàng
the staff of a Buddhist monk
笞杖
chīzhàng
a cudgel
锡杖
xīzhàng
monk's staff (Buddhism)
铁杖
tiězhàng
steel staff
魔杖
mózhàng
magic wand
擀面杖
gǎnmiànzhàng
rolling pin
杖头木偶
zhàngtóumùǒu
zhangtou wooden rod puppetry

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
2,434
Word Frequency Rank
10,283 of 84,292

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