莊
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zhuāng · village, hamlet

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11Total strokes

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Top-bottomCharacter structure

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艹Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 莊

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Example sentences

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Zài shān diān shàng yǒu yí gè cūn zhuāng.在山巔上有一個村莊。

There is a village over the mountain.

Source: Tatoeba #918372 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā zài yí gè xiǎo cūn zhuāng lǐ cháng dà.他在一個小村莊裡長大。

He grew up in a little village.

Source: Tatoeba #875372 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ de xiōng dì zhù zài yí gè xiǎo cūn zhuāng lǐ.我的兄弟住在一個小村莊裡。

My brother lives in a small village.

Source: Tatoeba #794078 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Yǐ qián wǒ mén de chéng shì huán shì yí gè cūn zhuāng.以前我們的城市還是一個村莊。

Our city used to be a village.

Source: Tatoeba #884598 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Dào cūn zhuāng zhǐyǒu liǎng yīng lǐ.到村莊只有兩英里。

It's only two miles to the village.

Source: Tatoeba #798074 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Zhuāng de pài duì xiàng shì gè zhuī dào huì.莊的派對像是個追悼會。

Trang's party was like a wake.

Source: Tatoeba #869877 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 莊 in context

  1. Say zhuāng, then recall the core meaning: village, hamlet.
  2. Write all 11 strokes while keeping the top-bottom balanced.
  3. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 莊 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.