状
(bound form) form; appearance; shape; (bound form) state; condition; (bound form) to describe; (bound form) written complaint; lawsuit; (bound form) certificate
7 strokes
Dict coverage rank #596 U+72B6
How 状 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
犬 (semantic, “dog”) + 丬 (phonetic, qiáng)
How to remember it
state of affairs · Heisig RSH #242
turtle + chihuahua
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 丬
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 丬 (qiáng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 丬 sound component | qiáng | half of tree trunk |
| 奖 | jiǎng | prize, reward; to award |
| 酱 | jiàng | sauce, paste, jam |
| 浆 | jiāng | pulp, starch, syrup; a thick fluid |
| 壮 | zhuàng | big, large; robust, strong; the name of a tribe |
| 妆 | zhuāng | adornment, make-up; to dress up, to use make-up |
| 桨 | jiǎng | paddle, oar |
Words containing 状
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不可名状 | bù kě míng zhuàng | indescribable; beyond description |
| 行行出状元 | háng háng chū zhuàng yuán | lit. in every trade, a master appears (idiom); fig. You can produce outstanding achievemen… |
| 球状物 | qiú zhuàng wù | globe |
| 无状 | wú zhuàng | insolence; insolent; ill-mannered |
| 性状 | xìng zhuàng | nature (i.e. properties of sth); character |
| 行状 | xíng zhuàng | (literary) brief obituary; one's past experience; one's past record; Taiwan pr. [xing4 zhu… |
| 球状蛋白质 | qiú zhuàng dàn bái zhì | globular protein |
| 无症状 | wú zhèng zhuàng | asymptomatic |
| 症状性 | zhèng zhuàng xìng | symptomatic |
| 状物 | zhuàng wù | ...-shaped thing; to portray sth |
| 状语 | zhuàng yǔ | adverbial adjunct (adverb or adverbial clause) |
| 波状热 | bō zhuàng rè | undulant fever; brucellosis |
| 石状 | shí zhuàng | stony |
| 状声词 | zhuàng shēng cí | onomatopoeia |
| 病状 | bìng zhuàng | symptom (of a disease) |
| 线状 | xiàn zhuàng | linear |
| 名状 | míng zhuàng | to express; to describe |
| 状态动词 | zhuàng tài dòng cí | (linguistics) stative verb |
| 轮状病毒 | lún zhuàng bìng dú | rotavirus |
| 情状 | qíng zhuàng | situation; circumstances |