庄 (zhuāng) is a Chinese character meaning “village”. It is written from 广 (wide; dotted cliff radical) and 土 (earth; soil), one enclosing the other, and takes 6 strokes.
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Structure
广 + 土
Enclosing structure
Structure from: Unicode U+5E84, Unicode radical 53 (广), and hanzi-writer-data 2.0.1 modern glyph inspection (strokes 0–2 form 广; strokes 3–5 form 土)
Memory aid
A wide roof (广) standing over a patch of earth (土): a farmstead out in the fields, a village manor. Both parts really are in this character.
This is a memory aid, not the historical origin.
Stroke order
6 strokes
In real words
- 村庄cūn zhuāngvillage庄 = zhuāng
- 庄严zhuāng yánsolemn; dignified庄 = zhuāng
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All readings
village; farmstead
village; farmstead; manor; (also) dignified, solemn; a family name
村落、田庄；也表示严肃、端重。另可作姓氏。 — studyhanzi 编写
Words with this reading
- 村庄cūn zhuāngvillage庄 = zhuāng
- 庄严zhuāng yánsolemn; dignified庄 = zhuāng
Stroke data: hanzi-writer-data (Arphic Public License) · licenses & attributions
Questions people ask about this character
What does 庄 mean?
庄 (zhuāng) means village; farmstead; manor; (also) dignified, solemn; a family name.
How do you pronounce 庄?
It is pronounced zhuāng.
What parts is 庄 made of?
广 (wide; dotted cliff radical) and 土 (earth; soil), one enclosing the other. The recorded source is: Unicode U+5E84, Unicode radical 53 (广), and hanzi-writer-data 2.0.1 modern glyph inspection (strokes 0–2 form 广; strokes 3–5 form 土). Components are the building blocks of the shape; the radical used for dictionary lookup is a separate thing.
How many strokes does 庄 have?
6. You can watch the stroke order on this page, or trace it yourself.
What is the radical of 庄?
广. The radical is how the character is filed in a dictionary — it is not the whole story of how the character is built.
What words use 庄?
Common ones are 村庄 and 庄严. The reading of 庄 is not the same in every word, so each word on this page shows which reading applies.