(zàng)

HSK 7-912 strokes

old variant of 葬[zang4]

Stroke order animation

Character information

Pinyin
zàng
Meaning
old variant of 葬[zang4]
Strokes
12
HSK level
HSK 7-9
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿱艹⿱死廾

A corpse 死 laid 廾 to rest under the grass 艹

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

How to write step by step

12 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11
  12. 12

Words with

Common words using — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

zàng
HSK 7-9

burial

Open 葬礼 page →
péizàng
HSK 7-9

to be buried with or next to dead person (of deceased's partner, or of funerary objects)

Open 陪葬 page →
xiàzàng

to bury; to inter

Open 下葬 page →
zàng

to bury husband and wife together; joint interment

Open 合葬 page →
sāngzàng

funeral and interment

Open 丧葬 page →
guózàng

state funeral

Open 国葬 page →
zàng

burial (in earth)

Open 土葬 page →

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