zhāng

chapter

surname Zhang; section; clause; movement (of symphony); seal; badge; regulation; order

sound (音) + complete (十) = a finished chapter or official seal

Ten (十) here suggests completeness or a full measure — a chapter is a completed, ordered unit of sound and meaning. A seal or badge likewise marks something finished and official.

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这本书的第一很有意思。

zhè běn shū de dì yī zhāng hěn yǒu yì si。

The first chapter of this book is very interesting.

他把文件上的印盖好后交给了我。

tā bǎ wén jiàn shàng de yìn zhāng gài hǎo hòu jiāo gěi le wǒ。

He stamped the seal on the document and then handed it to me.

Words with 章

报章

bào zhāng

newspapers

闲章

xián zhāng

recreative seal, bearing not the owner's name but a well-known verse or such, and used for artistic purposes on paintings etc

杂乱无章

zá luàn wú zhāng

disordered and in a mess (idiom); all mixed up and chaotic

零八宪章

líng bā xiàn zhāng

Charter 08, PRC pro-democracy petition of December 2008

顺理成章

shùn lǐ chéng zhāng

logical

领章

lǐng zhāng

collar insignia

麻章区

má zhāng qū

Mazhang, a district of Zhanjiang City 湛江市[Zhan4 jiang1 Shi4], Guangdong

党章

dǎng zhāng

party constitution

九章算术

jiǔ zhāng suàn shù

The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art

做文章

zuò wén zhāng

to make an issue of sth

像章

xiàng zhāng

badge

公章

gōng zhāng

official seal

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