匠

jiàng
#2,106 most
frequent character
craftsman

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

匠 pairs 斤, a wood-cutting axe, with 匚 fāng as a sound part. The axe gives the first sense, a carpenter or someone who makes things from wood. Later the meaning broadened to any craftsman.

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Homophones

降jiàng
fall, drop, descend, come down
酱jiàng
sauce, paste, jam, thick sauce
将jiàng
(bound form) a general
强jiàng
stubborn, unyielding

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