昌

Translingual

Han character

昌 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 日日 (AA), four-corner 6060₀, composition ⿱日曰)

Derived characters

• 倡 唱 猖 淐 娼 琩 椙 晿 焻 錩

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 491, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13803
• Dae Jaweon: page 852, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1490, character 3
• Unihan data for U+660C

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		昌

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 昌
Shang	Spring and Autumn	Warring States		Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)		Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Qin slip script	Shizhoupian script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : semantic 日 (“sun”) + semantic 口 (“mouth”). During the Warring States Period, 口 developed into 曰.

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): chāng (chang¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄤ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): cang¹

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coeng¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhông
• Eastern Min (BUC): chiŏng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhiong / chhiang / chhiuⁿ / chhioⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ciang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chang
    • Wade–Giles: chʻang¹
    • Yale: chāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chang
    • Palladius: чан (čan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: cang¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: cang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: coeng¹
    • Yale: chēung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰœːŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhông
    • Hakka Romanization System: cong´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cong¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰoŋ²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: chiŏng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰuoŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiong
    • Tâi-lô: tshiong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiofng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɔŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiang
    • Tâi-lô: tshiang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiafng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiaŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiuⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tshiunn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chviw
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiũ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiũ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhioⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tshionn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chvioy
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɔ̃⁴⁴/

Note:

• chhiong/chhiang - literary;
• chhiuⁿ/chhioⁿ - vernacular.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: ciang¹
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshiang
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiaŋ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyhang

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
Baxter	tsyhang
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
Expected Cantonese Reflex	coeng1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tʰjaŋ/

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

(deprecated template usage) 昌

1. ^† sunlight
2. ^† good; proper; right
3. ^† beautiful; lovely
4. prosperous; flourishing
5. (～州) (historical) Chang Prefecture
6. a surname

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chàng (chang⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄤˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chàng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻang⁴
    • Yale: chàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chanq
    • Palladius: чан (čan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ⁵¹/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 昌

1. ^† (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 倡 (chàng, “to initiate; to propose”).
2. ^† (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 唱 (chàng, “to chant; to recite”).

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Japanese

Kanji

昌

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. good
2. prosper

Readings

• Go-on: しょう (shō)
• Kan-on: しょう (shō)
• Kun: さかん (sakan)
• Nanori: まさ (masa); あき (aki); よし (yoshi); まさし (masashi); あきら (akira); さかえ (sakae); あつ (atsu); すけ (suke)

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Korean

Hanja

昌 (eumhun 창성할 창 (changseonghal chang))

1. prosperity, flourishing, thriving

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 昌 (xương)

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