Character: 杖
Modern (Beijing) reading: zhàng
Preclassic Old Chinese: dhraŋʔ
Classic Old Chinese: dhráŋ
Western Han Chinese: ḍháŋ
Eastern Han Chinese: ḍháŋ
Early Postclassic Chinese: ḍháŋ
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ḍháŋ
Late Postclassic Chinese: ḍháŋ
Middle Chinese: ḍáŋ
English meaning : staff
Russian meaning[s]: 1) палка, трость; посох; бить палками; 2) опираться, полагаться (на что-л.); 3) брать, держать в руках; 4) траурный посох; глубокий траур
Comments: Viet. nạng may be an old loan from Chinese (if we assume nasal metathesis): the usage of the Viet. word exactly parallels Chinese meanings ("staff, crutch; to push"). Standard Sino-Viet. is tru'ọ'ng. For *dh- cf. Fuzhou thioŋ6, Jianou thiɔŋ6.
Radical: 75
Four-angle index: 6418
Karlgren code: 0722 b
Vietnamese reading: nạng
