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璋
璋
Translingual
Han character
璋 (radical 96 玉+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 一土卜廿十 (MGYTJ), four-corner 10146)
- jade plaything
- jade ornament
References
- KangXi: page 741, character 13
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21211
- Dae Jaweon: page 1150, character 30
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1135, character 17
- Unihan data for U+748B
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
璋 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 璋
| ||
|---|---|---|
| Bronze inscriptions | Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (章) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 章 | *kjaŋ |
| 樟 | *kjaŋ |
| 彰 | *kjaŋ |
| 漳 | *kjaŋ |
| 鄣 | *kjaŋ |
| 璋 | *kjaŋ |
| 嫜 | *kjaŋ |
| 獐 | *kjaŋ |
| 慞 | *kjaŋ |
| 墇 | *kjaŋ, *kjaŋs |
| 障 | *kjaŋ, *kjaŋs |
| 麞 | *kjaŋ |
| 蔁 | *kjaŋ |
| 暲 | *kjaŋ |
| 嶂 | *kjaŋs |
| 瘴 | *kjaŋs |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄓㄤ
- Wade-Giles: chang1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jang
- IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: zoeng1
- Yale: jēung
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng1
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕœːŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 璋 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 章 (23) |
| Final (韻) | 陽 (105) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 諸良切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/t͡ɕɨɐŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/t͡ɕiɐŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/t͡ɕiɑŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/cɨaŋ/ |
| Li Rong |
/t͡ɕiaŋ/ |
| Wang Li |
/t͡ɕĭaŋ/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/t͡ɕi̯aŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
zhāng |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 璋 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
zhāng |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ tsyang › |
| Old Chinese |
/*taŋ/ |
| English | (jade) insignium |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 璋 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 16822 |
| Phonetic component |
章 |
| Rime group |
陽 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
章 |
| Old Chinese |
/*kjaŋ/ |
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璋
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Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
璋
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
璋 • (jang) (hangeul 장, revised jang, McCune-Reischauer chang, Yale cang)
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