蒼

蒼 U+84BC, 蒼 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-84BC ← 蒻 [U+84BB] CJK Unified Ideographs 蒽 → [U+84BD]

See also: 苍

Translingual

Han character

蒼 (radical 140 艸+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 廿人戈口 (TOIR), four-corner 4460₇, composition ⿱艹倉))

1. blue
2. green

References

• KangXi: page 1050, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31627
• Dae Jaweon: page 1512, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3266, character 10
• Unihan data for U+84BC

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Chinese

trad.		蒼
simp.		苍

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 蒼
Bamboo and silk script	Large seal script	Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (倉) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
艙	*sʰaːŋ
倉	*sʰaːŋ
蒼	*sʰaːŋ, *sʰaːŋʔ
滄	*sʰaːŋ, *sʰraŋs
傖	*sʰaːŋ, *zraːŋ
鶬	*sʰaːŋ
凔	*sʰaːŋ
槍	*sʰaŋ, *sʰraːŋ
搶	*sʰaŋ, *sʰaŋʔ, *sʰraŋʔ
蹌	*sʰaŋ
瑲	*sʰaŋ
牄	*sʰaŋ
嗆	*sʰaŋs
創	*sʰraŋ, *sʰraŋs
瘡	*sʰraŋ
愴	*sʰraŋʔ, *sʰraŋs
鎗	*sʰraːŋ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cāng (cang¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cong¹, cong²
• Min Nan (POJ): chhang / chhong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: cāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄤ
    • Wade-Giles: ts'ang¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsang
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cong¹, cong²
    • Yale: chōng, chóng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsong¹, tsong²
    • Guangdong Romanization: cong¹, cong²
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːŋ⁵⁵/, /t͡sʰɔːŋ³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhang / chhong
    • Tâi-lô: tshang / tshong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhafng, zhofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰaŋ⁴⁴/, /t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰaŋ³³/, /t͡sʰɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰaŋ⁴⁴/, /t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰaŋ⁴⁴/, /t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰaŋ⁴⁴/, /t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡sʰɑŋ/, /t͡sʰɑŋ^X/▼

Rime
Character	蒼	蒼
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	清 (14)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	七岡切	麁朗切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰɑŋ/	/t͡sʰɑŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰɑŋ/	/t͡sʰɑŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰɑŋ/	/t͡sʰɑŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰaŋ/	/t͡sʰaŋX/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰɑŋ/	/t͡sʰɑŋX/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰɑŋ/	/t͡sʰɑŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰɑŋ/	/t͡sʰɑŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cāng	cǎng

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*[tsʰ]ˤaŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰaːŋ/, /*sʰaːŋʔ/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	蒼
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	cāng
Middle Chinese	‹ tshang ›
Old Chinese	/*[tsʰ]ˤaŋ/
English	deep blue or green
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	蒼	蒼
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	1126	1131
Phonetic component	倉	倉
Rime group	陽	陽
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	倉	蒼
Old Chinese	/*sʰaːŋ/	/*sʰaːŋʔ/

Definitions

蒼

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Compounds

• 上蒼／上苍 (shàngcāng)
• 天下蒼生／天下苍生
• 彼蒼／彼苍
• 擎蒼牽黃／擎苍牵黄
• 昊蒼／昊苍
• 暮色蒼茫／暮色苍茫
• 沒頭蒼蠅／没头苍蝇
• 滿心蒼涼／满心苍凉
• 無頭蒼蠅／无头苍蝇
• 白衣蒼狗／白衣苍狗
• 白雲蒼狗／白云苍狗 (báiyún cānggǒu)
• 白髮蒼蒼／白发苍苍 (báifà cāngcāng)
• 白髮蒼顏／白发苍颜
• 皓首蒼顏／皓首苍颜
• 穹蒼／穹苍 (qióngcāng)
• 老蒼／老苍
• 老蒼頭／老苍头
• 莽蒼／莽苍
• 蒼勁／苍劲

• 蒼吾讓兄／苍吾让兄
• 蒼天／苍天 (cāngtiān)
• 蒼朮／苍术 (cāngzhú)
• 蒼梧／苍梧
• 蒼梧縣／苍梧县
• 蒼海／苍海
• 蒼涼／苍凉 (cāngliáng)
• 蒼生／苍生 (cāngshēng)
• 蒼白／苍白 (cāngbái)
• 蒼穹／苍穹 (cāngqióng)
• 蒼筤／苍筤
• 蒼翠／苍翠 (cāngcuì)
• 蒼老／苍老
• 蒼耳／苍耳 (cāng'ěr)
• 蒼苔／苍苔
• 蒼茫／苍茫 (cāngmáng)
• 蒼莽／苍莽
• 蒼蒼／苍苍 (cāngcāng)
• 蒼蠅／苍蝇 (cāngying)

• 蒼蠅拍子／苍蝇拍子
• 蒼蠅紙／苍蝇纸
• 蒼蠅見血／苍蝇见血
• 蒼霧／苍雾
• 蒼頭／苍头
• 蒼顏／苍颜
• 蒼髯／苍髯
• 蒼鬱／苍郁 (cāngyù)
• 蒼鳥／苍鸟
• 蒼鶻／苍鹘
• 蒼鷹／苍鹰
• 蒼鷺／苍鹭 (cānglù)
• 蒼黃／苍黄 (cānghuáng)
• 蒼黃翻覆／苍黄翻覆
• 蒼龍／苍龙
• 霖雨蒼生／霖雨苍生
• 面色蒼白／面色苍白
• 飛蒼走黃／飞苍走黄

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Japanese

Kanji

蒼

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. blue
2. green

Readings

• Goon: そう (sō)
• Kan’on: そう (sō)
• Kun: あお (ao), あおい (aoi)
• Nanori: しげる (shigeru)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

蒼 (thương)

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