a stick, cane, or staff used for support or walking
Animated Stroke Order 杖
Stroke Order Diagrams 杖

Free Printable Handwriting Practice with Stroke Order: 杖
Download and print worksheets to practice writing 杖
FREE

Preview of Portrait worksheet
HSK Vocabulary: 杖
HSK words that contain this character.
Example Sentences
Real-world example sentences demonstrating how 杖 is used in context
1
guó国
wáng王
shǒu手
chí持
quán权
zhàng杖
dēng登
shàng上
wáng王
zuò座
。
The king holds the scepter and ascends the throne
2
yé爷
ye爷
zhǔ拄
zhe着
guǎi拐
zhàng杖
sàn散
bù步
。
Grandpa walks with a walking stick
3
mó魔
fǎ法
shī师
huī挥
dòng动
mó魔
zhàng杖
shī施
fǎ法
。
The wizard waves his magic wand to cast a spell
4
yé爷
yé爷
zǒu走
lù路
xū需
yào要
guǎi拐
zhàng杖
。
Grandpa needs a walking stick to walk.
5
tā他
shuāi摔
shāng伤
le了
tuǐ腿
,
xiàn现
zài在
yòng用
guǎi拐
zhàng杖
bāng帮
zhù助
zǒu走
lù路
。
He injured his leg and now uses crutches to help him walk.
6
yī医
shēng生
jiàn建
yì议
lǎo老
rén人
shǐ使
yòng用
guǎi拐
zhàng杖
,
yǐ以
fáng防
zhǐ止
zài在
shī湿
huá滑
de的
dì地
miàn面
shàng上
diē跌
dǎo倒
。
The doctor advised the elderly to use a cane to prevent falls on slippery surfaces.
Information
Traditional杖
Radical木
Strokes7
StructureLeft-Right
Frequency#2401
Zhuyinㄓㄤˋ
Components—
UnicodeU+6756
CangjieDK
☯️
Cultural note
Traditional Chinese culture often connects characters and names with the Five Elements (Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water) and Yin–Yang, a system also used to describe personality tendencies.
Learn how the Five Elements describe personalityRelated Characters
Explore characters by relationship
No HSK level data available