状

See also: 狀

状 U+72B6, 状 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-72B6 ← 犵 [U+72B5] CJK Unified Ideographs 犷 → [U+72B7]

Translingual

Stroke order

Etymology

Simplified from 狀 (爿 → 丬).

Han character

状 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 中一戈大 (LMIK), composition ⿰丬犬)

1. form
2. appearance
3. shape
4. official

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 706, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20257
• Dae Jaweon: page 1119, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1332, character 3
• Unihan data for U+72B6

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 状 – see 狀 (“form; appearance; state; shape; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 狀).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Shinjitai	状
Kyūjitai	狀

Kanji

状

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 狀)

1. condition
2. form
3. appearance
4. letter

Readings

• Go-on: じょう (jō, Jōyō)^{←じやう (zyau, historical)}
• Kan-on: そう (sō)^{←さう (sau, historical)}
• Kun: かたち (katachi, 状)

Compounds

• 腺状

Suffix

Kanji in this term
状
じょう Grade: 5
goon

Alternative spelling
狀 (kyūjitai)

状(じょう) • (-jō) 

1. being in such condition
2. having such form or appearance
3. letter, card, written notice

Korean

Hanja

状 • (jang, sang) (hangeul 장, 상, revised jang, sang, McCune–Reischauer chang, sang, Yale cang, sang)

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