漳

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Zhang river in Fujian

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

氵 meaning “water” + 章 sound ( zhāng )

Components 氵章

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
开漳圣王	Kāi zhāng shèng wáng	Sacred King, founder of Zhangzhou, posthumous title of Tang dynasty general Chen Yuanguang…
漳平市	Zhāng píng Shì	Zhangping, a county-level city in Longyan City 龍巖市\|龙岩市[Long2 yan2 Shi4], Fujian
南漳县	Nán zhāng Xiàn	Nanzhang, a county in Xiangyang City 襄陽市\|襄阳市[Xiang1 yang2 Shi4], Hubei
漳州市	Zhāng zhōu Shì	Zhangzhou, prefecture-level city in Fujian Province 福建省[Fu2 jian4 Sheng3]
临漳县	Lín zhāng Xiàn	Linzhang, a county in Handan City 邯鄲市\|邯郸市[Han2 dan1 Shi4], Hebei
漳浦县	Zhāng pǔ Xiàn	Zhangpu, a county in Zhangzhou City 漳州市[Zhang1 zhou1 Shi4], Fujian
漳县	Zhāng Xiàn	Zhang County or Zhangxian, a county in Dingxi City 定西市[Ding4 xi1 Shi4], Gansu
漳平	Zhāng píng	see 漳平市[Zhang1 ping2 Shi4]
南漳	Nán zhāng	see 南漳縣\|南漳县[Nan2 zhang1 Xian4]
漳州	Zhāng zhōu	see 漳州市[Zhang1 zhou1 Shi4]
临漳	Lín zhāng	see 臨漳縣\|临漳县[Lin2 zhang1 Xian4]
漳浦	Zhāng pǔ	see 漳浦縣\|漳浦县[Zhang1 pu3 Xian4]

Characters sharing the sound component 章 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
章 sound part	zhāng	chapter, section, writing; seal
商	shāng	commerce, business, trade
障	zhàng	to separate; shield, barricade
彰	zhāng	clear, manifest, obvious
樟	zhāng	camphor tree
瘴	zhàng	malaria; miasma, pestilential vapor
獐	zhāng	roebuck, hornless river deer
嶂	zhàng	cliff; the barrier formed by a mountain range
璋	zhāng	jade plaything; jade ornament
蟑	zhāng	cockroach
嫜	zhāng	husband's mother; the lady in the moon
鄣	zhāng	an ancient city in Jiangsu province