荘

荘

See also: 莊

荘 U+8358, 荘 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8358 ← 荗 [U+8357] CJK Unified Ideographs 荙 → [U+8359]

Translingual

Traditional	莊
Shinjitai	荘
Simplified	庄

Stroke order

Etymology

Simplified from 莊 (爿 → 丬)

Han character

荘 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 廿中一土 (TLMG), composition ⿱艹壮)

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 1031, character 38
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30890
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 5, page 3208, character 2
• Unihan data for U+8358

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 荘 – see 莊 (“grassy; village; farmstead; hamlet; etc.”). (This character, 荘, is a variant form of 莊.)

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Japanese

Shinjitai	荘
Kyūjitai	莊

Kanji

荘

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 莊)

1. solemn
2. villa
3. used as a surname

Readings

• Go-on: しょう (shō)^{←しやう (syau, historical)}
• Kan-on: そう (sō, Jōyō)^{←さう (sau, historical)}
• Kun: おごそか (ogosoka, 荘か)

Kanji in this term
荘
しょう Grade: S
goon

Alternative spellings
莊 (kyūjitai) 庄

Suffix

荘(しょう) • (-shō) 

1. manor