zhāng

jade ornament

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
玉 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

jade

章 sound component

  Sound component

zhāng

  

chapter, seal

Evolution

璋 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
璋 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
璋 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
璋 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

zhāng

jade plaything; jade ornament; ancient stone ornament

Most common words with 璋
Freq.
Word
Meaning

朱元璋

Zhu Yuanzhang, personal name of first Ming dynasty emperor Hongwu 洪武[Hóng​wǔ]

ancient stone ornament