杖

zhàng

“A staff” in Chinese is 杖 (zhàng).

Other characters with the syllable zhang: see all 12 →

Meaning

a staff
a rod
cane

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walking stick
to flog with a stick (old)

Example

自从我弄断了两条腿，我就拄着拐杖走路了。

I'm on crutches since I broke both my legs.

From 拐杖 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Stroke Order

7 strokes

Words containing 杖

禅杖chánzhàngthe staff of a Buddhist monkHSK 7-9 拐杖guǎizhàngcrutchesHSK 7-9

More HSK 7-9 characters

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