莊 meaning and stroke order
Village, hamlet; villa, manor
How to write 莊, stroke by stroke
11 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 莊
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- farmstead
- village
- manor
- place of business
- banker (in a gambling game)
- grave or solemn
How 莊 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Grass.
艹 gives the meaning and 壯 hints at the sound.
Radical: 艹 (grass), shared by 421 characters on this site.
How to remember 莊
Grass 艹 on top of 壯 (zhuàng, strong) gives the sound and the picture: a strong, solid farmstead surrounded by fields of grass and crops. Think of a sturdy manor sitting in green countryside.
莊 is the traditional form; in mainland simplified writing it appears as 庄, as in the common words 村庄 (cūnzhuāng, village) and 庄稼 (zhuāngjia, crops). It also means solemn or dignified in words like 庄严 (zhuāngyán). Example: 这个村莊很安靜。(Zhège cūnzhuāng hěn ānjìng.) This village is very quiet.
Common mistake: Learners often read 莊 with the fourth tone because its phonetic part 壯 is zhuàng, but 莊 is first tone, zhuāng. Also do not confuse it with 裝 (zhuāng, to pack or dress up), which shares the same sound and the 壯 part but has 衣 (clothing) at the bottom.
Common words with 莊
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | Level |
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| 村莊 | cūnzhuāng | village; hamlet | HSK 6 |
| 莊園 | zhuāngyuán | manor; feudal land | HSK 7-9 |
| 莊嚴 | zhuāngyán | solemn; dignified; stately | HSK 7-9 |
| 莊稼 | zhuāngjia | farm crop | HSK 7-9 |
| 農莊 | nóngzhuāng | farm; ranch | |
| 莊家 | zhuāngjiā | farmhouse; banker (gambling) | |
| 山莊 | shānzhuāng | manor house; villa | |
| 端莊 | duānzhuāng | dignified; composed | |
| 莊重 | zhuāngzhòng | grave; solemn | |
| 錢莊 | qiánzhuāng | old-style money shop (a type of private bank that first appeared in the Ming dynasty, flou |
Questions about 莊
How many strokes are in 莊?
莊 is written with 11 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 莊 mean?
莊 (zhuāng) means village, hamlet; villa, manor. A common word with it is 村庄 (cūnzhuāng), meaning "village; hamlet".
How do you pronounce 莊?
莊 is pronounced zhuāng, in the first tone (high and level).
What is the radical of 莊?
The radical of 莊 is 艹, which carries the idea of "grass". Dictionaries list 莊 under this radical.
What is the simplified form of 莊?
莊 is a traditional character. Its simplified form is 庄, used in mainland China and Singapore.
Why does 庄家 mean banker in a card game?
庄家 (zhuāngjiā) originally meant a farmhouse or the household that runs the estate. In games it came to mean the player who holds the bank and deals, so 坐庄 (zuòzhuāng) means to be the banker or dealer.
Is 莊 used as a surname?
Yes, 莊 (Zhuāng) is a Chinese surname. The famous philosopher 莊子 (Zhuāngzǐ), a key figure in Daoism, carries this name.