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悵

悵

See also: 怅

Translingual

Han character

悵 (radical 61 心+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 心尸一女 (PSMV), four-corner 9103₂, composition ⿰忄長)

disappointed, dissatisfied

References

KangXi: page 389, character 3

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10727

Dae Jaweon: page 722, character 7

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2313, character 3

Unihan data for U+60B5

Chinese

trad.		悵
simp.		怅

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (長) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
張	taŋ, taŋs
餦	*taŋ
粻	*taŋ
漲	taŋ, taŋʔ, *taŋs
長	taŋʔ, daŋ, *daŋs
脹	*taŋs
痮	*taŋs
帳	*taŋs
賬	*taŋs
倀	tʰaŋ, rtaːŋs
鼚	*tʰaŋ
鋹	*tʰaŋʔ
悵	*tʰaŋs
韔	*tʰaŋs
萇	*daŋ
瓺	daŋ, daŋs
棖	*rdaːŋ
掁	*rdaːŋ

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): chàng (chang⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄤˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): coeng³, zoeng³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: chàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˋ
  - Wade-Giles: ch'ang⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chanq
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: coeng³, zoeng³
  - Yale: cheung, jeung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng³, dzoeng³
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰœːŋ³³/, /t͡ɕœːŋ³³/

Middle Chinese: /ʈʰɨɐŋ^H/▼

Rime
Character	悵
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	徹 (10)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	丑亮切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈʰɨɐŋ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈʰiɐŋ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶʰiɑŋ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈʰɨaŋ^H/
Li Rong	/ȶʰiaŋ^H/
Wang Li	/ȶʰĭaŋ^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȶʰi̯aŋ^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chàng

Old Chinese▼

(Baxter-Sagart): /*tʰraŋ-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*tʰaŋs/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	悵
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	chàng
Middle Chinese	‹ trhjang^H ›
Old Chinese	/*tʰraŋ-s/
English	disappointed
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	悵
Reading #	1/1
No.	1274
Phonetic component	長
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	悵
Old Chinese	/*tʰaŋs/

Definitions

悵

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Compounds

怊悵／怊怅
悵怳／怅怳
悵恨／怅恨
悵悵／怅怅

悵惋／怅惋
悵惘／怅惘
悵惜／怅惜
悵望／怅望

悵然／怅然
悵然自失／怅然自失
悵然若失／怅然若失
惆悵／惆怅 (chóuchàng)

References

(Cantonese) Multi-function Chinese Character Database (漢語多功能字庫)

Japanese

Kanji

悵

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Goon: ちょう (chō)

Kan’on: ちょう (chō)

Kun: いたむ (itamu), うらむ (uramu)

Korean

Hanja

悵 • ‎(chang) (hangeul 창, revised chang, McCune-Reischauer ch'ang, Yale chang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

Hán Việt: trướng

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References

Nom Foundation