仗

仗 U+4ED7, 仗 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4ED7 ← 他 [U+4ED6] CJK Unified Ideographs 付 → [U+4ED8]

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仗 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+3, 5 strokes, cangjie input 人十大 (OJK), four-corner 2520₀, composition ⿰亻丈)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 92, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 371
• Dae Jaweon: page 195, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 113, character 2
• Unihan data for U+4ED7

simp. and trad.		仗

Derived from 杖 (OC *daŋʔ) "cane, staff", with suffix *-s → *-h → 去聲／去声 (qùshēng), attested in Zuozhuan as 杖 (zhàng) (Schuessler, 2007). See there for etymology.

仗

1. weaponry; weapons; arms
2. to hold a weapon
3. war; battle

   打仗  ―  dǎzhàng  ―  to fight a battle; to go to war

4. (obsolete) guard; escort
5. to depend; to rely

   仗著自己的權力為所欲為 [MSC, trad.]
   仗着自己的权力为所欲为 [MSC, simp.]

   zhàng zhe zìjǐ de quánlì wéisuǒyùwéi [Pinyin]

   to rely on one's power to do whatever one wants

• “仗”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Hyōgai kanji)

• Go-on: じょう (jō)^{←ぢやう (dyau, historical)}
• Kan-on: しょう (shō)^{←しやう (syau, historical)}
• Kun: つえ (tsue, 仗)^{←つゑ (twe, 仗, historical)}、つわもの (tsuwamono, 仗)、よる (yoru, 仗る)

This character is not used much in modern Japanese.

Alternative spelling of 杖 (​tsue). See that entry for details.

仗(つえ) • (tsue) ^{←つゑ (twe)?}

1. Alternative spelling of 杖 (“a cane, a crook, a walking stick”)

Alternative spelling of 兵 (​tsuwamono). See that entry for details.

仗(つわもの) • (tsuwamono) ^{←つはもの (tufamono)?}

1. Alternative spelling of 兵 (“weaponry; a soldier, a warrior; a courageous person, a brave; someone who is very confident, even obstinate”)

Alternative spelling of 回り, 周り, 廻り (​mawari). See those entries for details.

仗(まわり) • (mawari) ^{←まはり (mafari)?}

1. Alternative spelling of 回り, etc.: surroundings; around; turning

From Middle Chinese 仗. Compare modern Mandarin 仗 (zhàng).

仗(じょう) • (jō) ^{←ぢやう (dyau)?}

1. military strength
2. reliable, dependable

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕa̠ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [장]

Wikisource

仗 (eum 장 (jang))

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仗: Hán Nôm readings: trượng, dượng

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