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昌
昌
Translingual
Han character
昌 (radical 72 日+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 日日 (AA), four-corner 60600, composition ⿱日日)
Derived terms
References
- KangXi: page 491, character 10
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13803
- Dae Jaweon: page 852, character 16
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1490, character 3
- Unihan data for U+660C
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
昌 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 昌
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|---|---|---|
| Bronze inscriptions | Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (昌) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 昌 | *tʰjaŋ |
| 倡 | *tʰjaŋ, *tʰjaŋs |
| 猖 | *tʰjaŋ |
| 菖 | *tʰjaŋ |
| 閶 | *tʰjaŋ |
| 鯧 | *tʰjaŋ |
| 裮 | *tʰjaŋ |
| 琩 | *tʰjaŋ |
| 唱 | *tʰjaŋs |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄔㄤ
- Wade-Giles: ch'ang1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chang
- IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: coeng1
- Yale: chēung
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng1
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰœːŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiong
- Tâi-lô: tshiong
- Phofsit Daibuun: chiofng
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕʰiɔŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɔŋ³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɔŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰiɔŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰiɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 昌 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 昌 (24) |
| Final (韻) | 陽 (105) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 尺良切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/t͡ɕʰɨɐŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/t͡ɕʰiɐŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/t͡ɕʰiɑŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/cʰɨaŋ/ |
| Li Rong |
/t͡ɕʰiaŋ/ |
| Wang Li |
/t͡ɕʰĭaŋ/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/t͡ɕʰi̯aŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
chāng |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 昌 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 1249 |
| Phonetic component |
昌 |
| Rime group |
陽 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
昌 |
| Old Chinese |
/*tʰjaŋ/ |
Definitions
昌
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Korean
Hanja
昌 • (chang) (hangeul 창, revised chang, McCune-Reischauer ch'ang, Yale chang)
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Vietnamese
Han character
昌 (xương)
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