壮士
zhuàng​shì

hero

壮 zhuàng big, strong Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 士 represents the meaning and 丬 represents the sound. Simplified form of 壯.

Components

丬
丬 SoundMeaning component
qiáng piece of wood

丬 is a component form of 爿.

士
士 Meaning component
shì, shi scholar, soldier

Component uses

Sound (1)

装

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

士 shì, shi scholar, soldier

Pictograph of the head of an axe. Used to represent a soldier.

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1 of 3 verified)

在仕悫

Meaning (3)

壮毐壯

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdzriX[m-s-]rəʔ officer; gentleman

說文解字

《說文》：“士，事也。數始於一，終於十。从一，从十。孔子曰：‘推十合一為士。’”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.59-60
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

壯 zhuàng big, strong Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 士 represents the meaning and 爿 represents the sound.

Components

爿
爿 SoundMeaning component
pán, qiáng piece of wood
士
士 Meaning component
shì, shi scholar, soldier

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (2 of 3 verified)

奘裝莊

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsrjangH[ts]<r>aŋ-s robust

說文解字

《說文》：“壯，大也，从士，爿聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)