愴

See also: 怆

愴 U+6134, 愴 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6134 ← 愳 [U+6133] CJK Unified Ideographs 愵 → [U+6135]

Translingual

Han character

愴 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 心人戈口 (POIR), four-corner 9806₇, composition ⿰忄倉)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 396, character 32
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11008
• Dae Jaweon: page 735, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2338, character 5
• Unihan data for U+6134

Chinese

trad.		愴
simp.		怆

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 愴
Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Chu slip and silk 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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sʰraŋʔ, *sʰraŋs) : semantic 心 (“heart”) + phonetic 倉 (OC *sʰaːŋ).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chuàng (chuang⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cong³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chuàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chuàng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻuang⁴
    • Yale: chwàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuanq
    • Palladius: чуан (čuan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cong³
    • Yale: chong
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsong³
    • Guangdong Romanization: cong³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːŋ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: tsrhjangH

Rime
Character	愴
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	初 (19)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	初亮切
Baxter	tsrhjangH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ʃʰɨɐŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈ͡ʂʰiɐŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ʃʰiɑŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈ͡ʂʰɨaŋH/
Li Rong	/t͡ʃʰiaŋH/
Wang Li	/t͡ʃʰĭaŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʈ͡ʂʰi̯aŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chuàng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cong3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰraŋs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	愴
Reading #	2/2
No.	1144
Phonetic component	倉
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	剏
Old Chinese	/*sʰraŋs/

Definitions

愴

1. (literary) sad; sorrowful
2. ^† Alternative form of 滄／沧 (cāng, “cold”)

Compounds

• 悄愴／悄怆
• 惋愴／惋怆
• 悲愴／悲怆 (bēichuàng)
• 悽愴／凄怆 (qīchuàng)
• 惻愴／恻怆
• 愀愴／愀怆 (qiǎochuàng)
• 感愴／感怆
• 愴地呼天／怆地呼天
• 愴天呼地／怆天呼地
• 愴恍／怆恍
• 愴悢／怆悢 (chuàngliàng)
• 愴惻／怆恻
• 愴惶／怆惶
• 愴慌／怆慌
• 愴愴／怆怆
• 愴然／怆然 (chuàngrán)
• 愴然垂首／怆然垂首
• 慘愴／惨怆
• 酸愴／酸怆

 

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chuǎng (chuang³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cong²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chuǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chuǎng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻuang³
    • Yale: chwǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: choang
    • Palladius: чуан (čuan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɑŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cong²
    • Yale: chóng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsong²
    • Guangdong Romanization: cong²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːŋ³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsrhjangX

Rime
Character	愴
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	初 (19)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	初兩切
Baxter	tsrhjangX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ʃʰɨɐŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈ͡ʂʰiɐŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ʃʰiɑŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈ͡ʂʰɨaŋX/
Li Rong	/t͡ʃʰiaŋX/
Wang Li	/t͡ʃʰĭaŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʈ͡ʂʰi̯aŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chuǎng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cong2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰraŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	愴
Reading #	1/2
No.	1142
Phonetic component	倉
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	磢
Old Chinese	/*sʰraŋʔ/

Definitions

愴

1. Only used in 愴怳／怆怳 (chuǎnghuǎng).

References

• “愴”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

愴

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. sad, pathetic

Readings

• Go-on: しょう (shō)
• Kan-on: そう (sō)
• Kun: いたむ (itamu, 愴む)

Korean

Hanja

愴 (eum 창 (chang))

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Vietnamese

Han character

愴: Hán Nôm readings: sảng, thương

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References

• Nom Foundation