幢 (cong4 zong6 tong4 | chuang2 zhuang4) : pennant; stone pillar; block (of houses)

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幢

cong4 zong6 tong4

chuang2 zhuang4

[粵] cong4 [國] chuang2
[1] pennant or streamer used in ceremony
[2] stone pillar inscribed with Buddhist scriptures

[粵] zong6 [國] zhuang4
[1] [classifier] block (of houses or buildings)
[2] carriage curtain

[粵] tong4 - Cantonese only
used only in 海幢寺, a temple in Guangzhou

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Stroke count: 15

Level: 3

Radical: 巾 (#50)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

幢

This word has been viewed 2487 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by yuetwoh on 27th Mar 2013 18:41 and last edited on 30th Jun 2014 11:17

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幢幢 cong4 cong4 chuang2 chuang2 = flickering; dancing; moving to and fro

海幢寺 hoi2 tong4 zi6*2 hai3 chuang2/zhuang4 si4 = Haizhuang Temple

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Decimal representation of this word: 幢
Unicode code for this character: U+5e62 (off-site link)

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