狀	342B40   21S.81-1	部居	畫數  8	ㄓㄨㄤˋ [zhuang4] .
N	(1)  Shape, appearance, form, manner: 狀貌 [zhuang4mao4]↓; 狀態 [zhuang4tai4]↓; 形狀 shape; 凶惡之狀 a ferocious manner; 狀如瘋狂 looks like mad; 出言無狀 use rude language. (2)  Condition: 狀況 [zhuang4kuang4]↓; 情狀 condition (of patient, neighborhood after fire), how one feels (see 情 22A.42). (3)  ([zhuang4zi0]) A letter of appeal to authority, esp. a legal plaint or complaint: 狀詞，狀子 [zhuang4ci2], [zhuang4zi0]↓; 告狀，訴狀 to register legal complaint; 具狀 lodge a charge or complaint. (4)  Official document: 委任狀 letter of appointment; 獎狀 certificate of award. (5)  行狀 brief biographical sketch of deceased.
v	To describe, narrate: 自狀其過 confessed his own mistakes; 不可名狀 indescribable (confusion, etc.).
Words	1.狀棍 [zhuang4gun4], n., pettifogging lawyer, “shyster.”  2.狀紙 [zhuang4zhi3], n., legal-sized paper.  3.狀況 [zhuang4kuang4], n., condition (of things in school, hospital, of patient), general aspects.  4.狀貌 [zhuang4mao4], n., a person's looks, appearance.  5.狀態 [zhuang4tai4], n., manner or appearance; condition of things, see [zhuang4kuang4]↑; 戰前狀態 status quo ante bellum; 現此狀態 status quo.  6.狀頭 [zhuang4tou2], n., (1)  (Yuan Dyn.) plaintiff; (2)  coll. for 狀元 [zhuang4yUan2]↓.  7.狀詞 [zhuang4ci2], n., legal plaint.  8.狀子 [zhuang4zi0], n., ditto.  9.狀元 [zhuang4yUan2], n., the No.1 of the national civil examinations; n., 狀元籌 [zhuang4yUan2chou2], n., a dice game of 6 dices, so-called because one who throws highest combination 狀元紅 is called 狀元.  10.狀語 [zhuang4yU3], n., (gram.) adverb (commonly called 副詞); 狀語子句 adverbial clause; 狀語短語 adverbial phrase.