zhāng
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 a ceremonial jade tablet (shaped like half of a gui)

Examples

Guī jiān qí shàng, bàn guī wéi zhāng.
A gui is pointed at the top; half a gui makes a zhang.
Nòngzhāng zhī xǐ shì jiùshí hè shēng nánhái de huà.
The phrase "a happy zhang" was an old way to congratulate someone on a baby boy.

Tips

culture
is a ritual jade shaped like half of a tablet, used in ancient ceremonies and given to baby boys to hold. This gave the classical phrase 弄璋 ('playing with a jade tablet') as a congratulation on the birth of a son.

Components

radical
jade
The jade radical on the left, the side form of written without its dot (identical in shape to , king). It marks as a jade object, alongside and .
phonetic
zhāng
chapter (phonetic)
Supplies the sound. Standalone means a chapter or seal; here it gives the exact zhāng reading and carries no meaning into the jade word .

Stroke Order

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