庄稼 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

zhuāng village, farmstead Simplified

Simplified form of 莊. Depicts buildings (广) on the ground (土).

Components

广 Meaning component

guǎng roof

土 Meaning component

tǔ earth

Component uses

Sound (1 of 3 verified)

脏桩赃

Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	breːŋ

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang

jia sow grain

Phonosemantic compound. 禾 represents the meaning and 家 represents the sound.

Components

禾 Meaning component

hé grain stalk

家 Sound component

jiā, jia house

Character Evolution

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	kæH	kˤra-s	grain; sow (v.)
Zhengzhang		kraːs

說文解字

禾之秀實爲稼，莖節爲禾。从禾家聲。一曰稼，家事也。一曰在野曰稼。

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

zhuāng village, farmstead Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 壯 represents the sound.

Components

艹 Meaning component

cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

壯 Sound component

zhuàng big, strong

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Mid Spring and Autumn ~600 BC

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tsrjang	[ts]raŋ	dignified, grave

說文解字

《說文》：“莊，上諱。，古文莊。”

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)

庄 zhuāng village, farmstead Simplified

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稼 jia sow grain

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莊 zhuāng village, farmstead Traditional

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zhuāng village, farmstead Simplified

jia sow grain

zhuāng village, farmstead Traditional