樟 (zhāng): camphor, Cinnamonum camphara
樟 (zhāng) is a Chinese character meaning “camphor.” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of 木 (semantic) and 章 (phonetic). It ranks #4185 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 樟 tree. Its radical form 木 (tree) appears in many related characters such as 木 (mù, wood/tree), 林 (lín, forest, woods), 森 (sēn, forest (dense)).
Definitions
- camphor
- Cinnamonum camphara
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 樟脑noun | zhāng nǎo | camphor C10H16O |
| 樟脑丸noun | zhāng nǎo wán | camphor balls |
| 樟树市 | zhāng shù shì | Zhangshu, a county-level city in Yichun City 宜春市, Jiangxi |
| 樟脑球 | zhāng nǎo qiú | camphor balls |
| 樟树noun | zhāng shù | camphor |
| 樟木 | zhāng mù | Dram (Chinese Zhangmu), town at Tibet-Nepal border |
| 牛樟noun | niú zhāng | Cinnamomum kanehirae |
| 樟宜proper-noun | zhāng yí | Changi, area in the east of Singapore, where Singapore Changi Airport is located |
樟 appears in 8 compound words: 88 as the first character, 13 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Example Sentences
建筑始建于明末，清中晚期重修，大型土库形制，以樟木与窑砖搭建而成。
jiàn zhù shǐ jiàn yú míng mò , qīng zhōng wǎn qī chóng xiū , dà xíng tǔ kù xíng zhì , yǐ zhāng mù yǔ yáo zhuān dā jiàn ér chéng .
The building was originally constructed during the late Ming Dynasty and renovated during the mid-to-late Qing Dynasty. It is a large earthen granary built of camphor wood and kiln-fired bricks.
古堰画乡大樟树市集。
gǔ 堰 huà xiāng dà zhāng shù shì jí .
The Grand Camphor Tree Market in Guyan Painting Village.
步道两旁，成片高大的香樟树已经长得很好，枝叶在空中交错，连成一条天然的绿色拱廊。
bù dào liǎng páng , chéng piàn gāo dà de xiāng zhāng shù yǐ jīng cháng dé hěn hǎo , zhī yè zài kōng zhōng jiāo cuò , lián chéng yī tiáo tiān rán de lǜ sè gǒng láng .
Along both sides of the trail, groves of tall camphor trees have grown to full maturity; their branches and leaves intertwine in the air, forming a natural green arbor.
樟林古港 澄海东里镇有一处值得特别介绍一番，那就是樟林古港。
zhāng lín gǔ gǎng chéng hǎi dōng lǐ zhèn yǒu yī chǔ zhí dé tè bié jiè shào yī fān , nà jiù shì zhāng lín gǔ gǎng .
Zhanglin Ancient Harbor: There is a place in Dongli Town, Chenghai, that deserves special mention—the Zhanglin Ancient Harbor.
Character Family
Homophones — Characters pronounced zhāng
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