zhàng

a staff

a rod; cane; walking stick; to flog with a stick (old)

wood (木) + sound (丈) = wooden walking stick

木 tells you the material — a stick of wood. 丈 lends its sound zhàng; it also happens to mean 'a unit of length,' which loosely suits something measured and tall.

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A unit of length (about 3 meters)Phonetic
WoodSemantic

老人拄着慢慢走过来。

lǎo rén zhǔ zhe zhàng màn màn zǒu guò lái。

The old person leaned on a cane and walked over slowly.

他受伤后每天要靠才能走路。

tā shòu shāng hòu měi tiān yào kào zhàng cái néng zǒu lù。

After he was injured, he had to rely on a walking stick to walk every day.

Words with 杖

锡杖

xī zhàng

(Buddhism) khakkhara; staff topped with metal rings, traditionally carried by Buddhist monks

铁杖

tiě zhàng

steel staff

魔杖

mó zhàng

magic wand

刑杖

xíng zhàng

rod used for flogging offenders

手杖

shǒu zhàng

cane

拐杖

guǎi zhàng

crutches

擀面杖

gǎn miàn zhàng

rolling pin

明杖

míng zhàng

white cane (used by the blind)

杖刑

zhàng xíng

beating with wooden staves (as corporal punishment)

杖头木偶

zhàng tóu mù ǒu

zhangtou wooden rod puppetry

棍杖

gùn zhàng

staff; rod

权杖

quán zhàng

scepter

More characters with 木