瘴

瘴 · zhàng

malaria pestilential vapors

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
zhàng
Cantonese
zoeng3
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

malaria pestilential vapors

Dictionary definitions & readings

瘴 zhàng · (bound form) miasma

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
42694.080:zhàng Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1456.050:zhàng Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
467.100:zhàng Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
zhàng粵zoeng3 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ショウ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
장:1N Source property ↗
Vietnamese · Quốc ngữ
chướng Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
之亮 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
KYTJ Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
0014.6 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0779.230 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
425.49 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+7634
Radical
疒 · 104
Strokes
16
Residual strokes
11
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6158

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

16 strokes
瘴
Strokes
16
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

16 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.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
tsyangH · 之亮 · 宕開三去陽章 · #2902

PHONO-ML, source line 15552; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
923.304
kCowles
198
kDaeJaweon
1189.120
kFennIndex
16.07
kHanYu
42694.080
kIRGDaeJaweon
1189.120
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
42694.080
kIRGKangXi
0779.230
kKangXi
0779.230
kLau
1403
kMatthews
191
kMeyerWempe
215
kMorohashi
22455 22455:E0101
kNelson
3073
kSBGY
425.49
kSMSZD2003Index
450.03
kCangjie
KYTJ
kFenn
92K
kFourCornerCode
0014.6
kHKGlyph
2682
kMojiJoho
MJ017903 MJ017903:E0101 MJ017904:E0102
kPhonetic
110
kUnihanCore2020
GHJMT
kIICore
AGTJHM
kIRG_GSource
G0-554E
kIRG_HSource
HB1-BF60
kIRG_JSource
J0-616F
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-5C2F
kIRG_KSource
K1-6B47
kIRG_TSource
T1-714A
kIRG_VSource
V1-5F75
kRSUnicode
104.11
kTotalStrokes
16
kBigFive
BF60
kCCCII
214C6B
kCNS1986
1-714A
kCNS1992
1-714A
kEACC
214C6B
kGB0
5346
kGB1
5346
kJis0
6579
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
4066
kTGH
2013:6158
kTaiwanTelegraph
4066
kXerox
271:132
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+5766+104.5.11
kCantonese
zoeng3
kDefinition
malaria pestilential vapors
kFanqie
之亮
kHangul
장:1N
kHanyuPinyin
42694.080:zhàng
kJapanese
ショウ
kJapaneseOn
SHOU
kKorean
CANG
kMandarin
zhàng
kSMSZD2003Readings
zhàng粵zoeng3
kTGHZ2013
467.100:zhàng
kTang
chriɑng
kVietnamese
chướng
kXHC1983
1456.050:zhàng

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
4dictionary records using 瘴0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿸ Upper-left enclosure

Shape description
疒 wraps around 章 from the upper left · the same shape in all seven regional standards (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Vietnam)
Source notation ^⿸疒章$(GHTJKPV)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿸疒章$(GHTJKPV)

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