zàngzhuǎng

large

Components

Sound component
zhuàng big, strong
Meaning component
dà, dài big

big

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangzaːŋʔ
zaːŋs

說文解字

駔大也。从亣从壯,壯亦聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica