樟

樟	U+6A1F, 樟 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6A1F

Translingual

Han character

樟 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 木卜廿十 (DYTJ), four-corner 4094₆, composition ⿰木章)

camphor tree

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 550, character 21
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15451
Dae Jaweon: page 939, character 1
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1284, character 2
Unihan data for U+6A1F

Chinese

simp. and trad.		樟

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (章) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
章	*kjaŋ
樟	*kjaŋ
彰	*kjaŋ
漳	*kjaŋ
鄣	*kjaŋ
璋	*kjaŋ
嫜	*kjaŋ
獐	*kjaŋ
慞	*kjaŋ
墇	kjaŋ, kjaŋs
障	kjaŋ, kjaŋs
麞	*kjaŋ
蔁	*kjaŋ
暲	*kjaŋ
嶂	*kjaŋs
瘴	*kjaŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kjaŋ): semantic 木 (“tree”) + phonetic 章 (OC *kjaŋ).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhāng (zhang¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zoeng¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chông

(Hailu, HRS): zhong^ˋ

(Meixian, Guangdong): zong¹
Eastern Min (BUC): ciŏng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chiuⁿ / chioⁿ / chiong / chiang

(Teochew, Peng'im): ziang¹ / zion¹ / ziên¹ / zeng¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹tsaon

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhang
  - Wade–Giles: chang¹
  - Yale: jāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jang
  - Palladius: чжан (čžan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zoeng¹
  - Yale: jēung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zêng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sœːŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chông
  - Hakka Romanization System: zong^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zong¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡soŋ²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: zhong^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡ʃoŋ⁵³/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: zong¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ciŏng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡suoŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Taichung, Hsinchu, Lukang, Sanxia, Yilan, Kinmen, Magong)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiuⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tsiunn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cviw
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Lukang): /t͡siũ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Yilan, Kinmen): /t͡siũ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Tainan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chioⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tsionn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cvioy
  - IPA (Zhangzhou, Tainan): /t͡siɔ̃⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiong
  - Tâi-lô: tsiong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciofng
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡siɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɔŋ³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiang
  - Tâi-lô: tsiang
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciafng
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siaŋ⁴⁴/

Note:

chiuⁿ/chioⁿ - vernacular;
chiong/chiang - literary.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: ziang¹ / zion¹ / ziên¹ / zeng¹
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsiang / tsioⁿ / tsieⁿ / tsṳng
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siaŋ³³/, /t͡sĩõ³³/, /t͡sĩẽ³³/, /t͡sɯŋ³³/

Note:

ziang1 - literary;
zion1/ziên1 - vernacular (ziên1 - Chaozhou);
zeng1 - in 樟林 (zeng1 lim5).

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹tsaon
  - MiniDict: tsaon^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tsaan
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sɑ̃⁵³/

Middle Chinese: tsyang

Rime
Character	樟
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	諸良切
Baxter	tsyang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕɨɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕiɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕiɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cɨaŋ/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiaŋ/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭaŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯aŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhāng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zoeng¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kjaŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	樟
Reading #	1/1
No.	16818
Phonetic component	章
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	章
Old Chinese	/*kjaŋ/
Notes	見戰國策

Definitions

樟

camphor tree (Cinnamomum camphora)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 樟樹 (“camphor tree”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		樟樹
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	樟樹
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	樟樹
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	香樟樹, 樟樹
	Guiyang	香樟樹
	Liuzhou	樟樹
Cantonese	Hong Kong	樟樹
Gan	Nanchang	樟樹
	Lichuan	樟樹
	Pingxiang	樟樹
Hakka	Yudu	樟樹
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	樟樹
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	樟樹
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	樟樹
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	樟樹
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	樟樹
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	樟樹
Southern Min	Taipei	樟仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	樟仔
	Kaohsiung	樟仔
	Yilan	樟仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	樟仔
	Taichung	樟仔
	Tainan	樟仔
	Hsinchu	樟仔樹
	Kinmen	樟
	Penghu (Magong)	樟
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	樟樹
Wu	Shanghai	香樟木, 樟樹
	Ningbo	樟樹
	Wenzhou	樟樹
	Jinhua	樟樹
Xiang	Loudi	樟樹

Compounds

栳樟
樟村坪 (Zhāngcūnpíng)
樟樹 / 樟树 (zhāngshù)
樟腦 / 樟脑 (zhāngnǎo)
樟腦丸 / 樟脑丸 (zhāngnǎowán)
樟腦油 / 樟脑油
樟腦精 / 樟脑精
樟蠶 / 樟蚕
香樟
黃樟素 / 黄樟素
黑樟溝 / 黑樟沟 (Hēizhānggōu)

Japanese

Kanji

樟

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: しょう (shō)
Kan-on: しょう (shō)
Kun: くす (kusu, 樟)、くすのき (kusunoki, 樟)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
樟
くす Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 樟 – see the following entry.

【くすクス】

[noun] Synonym of くすのき (kusu-no-ki)

Alternative spelling
楠

(This term, 樟, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
樟
くすのき Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 樟 – see the following entry.

【くすのき】

[noun] camphor tree, Cinnamomum camphora

Alternative spellings
楠, クスノキ

(This term, 樟, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

樟 (eumhun 녹나무 장 (nongnamu jang))

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Vietnamese

Han character

樟: Hán Nôm readings: chương

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References

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