杖

zhàng
#2,430 most
frequent character
a staff, a rod, cane, walking stick

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

杖 combines 木, wood, with 丈 zhàng, a wooden stick. 丈 both adds meaning and supplies the sound. Wood plus a stick gives the first meaning, a walking stick or rod.

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Homophones

账zhàng
account, debt
丈zhàng
measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m)
仗zhàng
weaponry, to hold (a weapon)
涨zhàng
to swell, to distend
障zhàng
to block, to hinder, to obstruct

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