厂

厂 · chǎng

factory, workshop; radical 27

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

factory, workshop; radical 27

Mandarin
chǎng
Cantonese
cong2

Unihan definitions and selected character readings. Read the word to establish its pronunciation in context.

Readings in Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese

Readings recorded for 厂 in other language traditions. These are character-level records, not word translations or interchangeable pronunciations.

Japanese 日本語

Grouped by the source’s kana notation; no frequency ranking is implied.

On’yomi · katakana

カンゲンゴン

Kun’yomi · hiragana

がんだれ

Katakana generally indicates on’yomi; hiragana generally indicates kun’yomi. The source does not identify everyday, rare, historical or name use per reading. Kana strings are preserved, including any written endings; consult a Japanese word entry for actual use.

Source record & scope

Unicode Unihan 17.0.0 · kJapanese ↗ · provisional property

カン ゲン ゴン がんだれ

Korean 한국어

Not recorded for this exact character in this dataset. This does not mean the language has no reading.

Vietnamese Tiếng Việt

Not recorded for this exact character in this dataset. This does not mean the language has no reading.

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+5382
Radical
厂 · 27
Strokes
2 · Unihan
Residual
0

Source record · Unihan 17.0. Individual senses and historical claims have not yet been reviewed by zimai.

Stroke order

2 strokes
厂
Strokes
2
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

2 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Graphical structure

⿱一丿(GHTJKP)
How to read these symbols

⿰ left–right · ⿱ above–below · ⿻ overlap. Dotted boxes indicate positions, not missing characters. Each symbol describes the components that follow it; nested symbols describe a component in more detail. Source codes identify alternative analyses, not a writing sequence or an etymology.

BabelStone IDS · 2025-06-27. Region tags are preserved; 〾 marks approximation and {n} identifies an unencoded source component. These describe graphical structure, not historical derivation.

Words & connections

Words using 厂

Character connections

23 catalogue records include this shape in their first retained IDS. Graphical containment does not imply shared etymology.

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Reverse links to attributed component analyses. Open each character for its role, source and words. Shared components do not establish word ancestry.

History & distinctions

Related forms

廠

Unihan traditional/simplified variant properties. Conversion may depend on context.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
xanX · 呼旱 反切 · #1559
Middle Chinese
xanH · 呼旰 反切 · #2640

Guangyun-based transcriptions · PHONO-ML · CC BY 4.0. These describe historical reading categories, not modern word pronunciation.

Source row & reading categories

CSV line 10525 · xanX = 山開一上寒曉 · xanH = 山開一去寒曉

Automatically generated in the source dataset; the authors checked a subset and acknowledge possible errors. All source readings are retained separately. Notation & method ↗

Sources & reference

Evidence & next depth

Source editions & exact scope ↗
Retained Unihan properties
kMandarin
chǎng
kCantonese
cong2
kDefinition
factory, workshop; radical 27
kTotalStrokes
2
kRSUnicode
27.0
kTraditionalVariant
U+5382 U+5EE0
kSimplifiedVariant
U+5382
kTGH
2013:6

Readings across dictionaries

Hanyu Da Zidian
hǎn,chǎng,yán,ān 10067.160
Xiandai Hanyu · 1983
ān 0008.040 · chǎng 0124.010
Mandarin / Cantonese · SMSZD
ān粵am1 àn粵ngon6
Small numbers locate dictionary entries; 粵 introduces Cantonese. Includes rare or historical readings. Source notation ↗

Reference desk

Sentences in context

Find examples using 厂 ↗

The attributed sentence collection is still small; this spelling has no retained example yet.

Study this character

Structure & connections

0.10
80dictionary records using 厂24forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

Shape description
一 above 丿 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿱一丿$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱一丿$(GHTJKP)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.