唱

§Translingual

§Han character

唱-bw

唱 (radical 30 口+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 口日日 (RAA), four-corner 6606₀, composition ⿰口昌)

§References

• KangXi: page 193, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3765
• Dae Jaweon: page 414, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 640, character 8
• Unihan data for U+5531

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§Chinese

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simp. and trad.		唱

§Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chàng (chang⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coeng³
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): chhong
• Min Nan (POJ): chhiùⁿ / chhiàng / chhiòng
• Wu (WT Romanisation): tshaan (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: chàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˋ
    • Wade-Giles: ch'ang⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chanq
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ⁵¹/

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: coeng³
    • Yale: cheung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng³
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰœːŋ³³/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhong
    • IPA (Siyen, including Miaoli): /t͡sʰoŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiùⁿ / chhiàng / chhiòng
    • Tâi-lô: tshiùnn / tshiàng / tshiòng
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰiũ¹¹/, /t͡ɕʰiaŋ¹¹/, /t͡ɕʰiɔŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiũ²¹/, /t͡ɕʰiaŋ²¹/, /t͡ɕʰiɔŋ²¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • WT Romanisation: tshaan (T2)
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑ̃³⁴/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (唱, reconstructed)
Character (唱), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 昌 (24) Final: 陽 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 尺亮切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/t͡ɕʰɨɐŋH/	/t͡ɕʰi̯aŋH/	/t͡ɕʰiaŋH/	/t͡ɕʰiɐŋH/	/cʰɨaŋH/	/t͡ɕʰĭaŋH/	/t͡ɕʰiɑŋH/

Old Chinese pronunciation (唱, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
唱								chàng								‹ tsyhangH ›								/*mə-tʰaŋ-s/								to lead (in singing)
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					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
唱					1257					昌					陽					0					唱					/*tʰjaŋs/

§Definitions

唱

1. sing, chant, call
2. ditty, song

§Derived terms

• 獨唱／独唱

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§Japanese

§Kanji

唱

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. chant

§Readings

• On: しょう (shō)
• Kun: となえる (tonaeru), うたう (utau), うた (uta)

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§Korean

§Hanja

唱 (chang) (hangeul 창, McCune-Reischauer ch'ang)

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§Vietnamese

§Han character

唱 (xướng, xẳng, xang, sướng, xắng, xẵng)

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