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zhāng

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zhāng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhāng | zhang1
English translation
a river in Henan province

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About zhāng

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

zhāng

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Place name / 地名 dì míng Dìmíng

Learning hint

water

Etymology of zhāng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

氵章

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Phonetic compound

Zhāng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shuǐ represents the meaning and Zhāng represents the sound.

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Words with zhāng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
漳州 Zhāng zhōu Zhangzhou prefecture level city in Fujian漳州 Zhāng zhōu
zhāng Zhang river in Fujian zhāng
漳州市 Zhāng zhōu shì Zhangzhou prefecture level city in Fujian漳州市 Zhāng zhōu shì
漳浦 Zhāng pǔ Zhangpu county in Zhangzhou 漳州 Zhāng zhōu [Zhāng​zhōu], Fujian漳浦 Zhāng pǔ
漳浦县 Zhāng pǔ xiàn Zhangpu county in Zhangzhou 漳州 Zhāng zhōu [Zhāng​zhōu], Fujian漳浦縣
漳平 Zhāng píng Zhangping county level city in Longyan 龍岩|龙岩 Lóng yán , Fujian漳平 Zhāng píng
漳平市 Zhāng píng shì Zhangping county in Longyan 龍岩|龙岩 Lóng yán , Fujian漳平市 Zhāng píng shì
漳县 Zhāng xiàn Zhang county in Dingxi 定西 Dìng xī [Dìng​xī], Gansu漳縣
南漳县 Nán zhāng xiàn Nanzhang county in Xiangfan 襄樊 Xiāng fán [Xiāng​fán], Hubei南漳縣
临漳县 Lín zhāng xiàn Linzhang county in Handan 邯鄲|邯郸 Hán dān [Hán​dān], Hebei臨漳縣
南漳 Nán zhāng Nanzhang county in Xiangfan 襄樊 Xiāng fán [Xiāng​fán], Hubei南漳 Nán zhāng
临漳 Lín zhāng Linzhang county in Handan 邯鄲|邯郸 Hán dān [Hán​dān], Hebei臨漳

zhāng Decomposition & Compounds

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