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帐 · Cheng Miao

Zhàng (4th tone). The Shuowen Jiezi gives a pun for a definition: 「帳,张也。从巾长声」 — ‘a 帳 is a stretching’; cloth pulled taut. 《释名·释床帐》 expands it: 「帐,张也,张施于床上也」 — stretched out over a bed. From bed-curtain the word grew to mean tent, canopy, an $9.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cart