■ radical

zhuāng

village

How it’s built

Simplified form of 莊. Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 壯 represents the sound.

simplified

roof; (simp.) wide — Shorthand for the 艹 component in the traditional character 莊. 艹 is a component form of 艸.

simplified

earth; dirt — Shorthand for the 壯 component in the traditional character 莊.

Appears in

Characters that use 庄 as a component, most common first.