昌

TranslingualEdit

Han characterEdit

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

Derived charactersEdit

倡唱猖淐娼琩椙晿焻錩

ReferencesEdit

KangXi: 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

ChineseEdit

simp. and trad.		昌

Glyph originEdit

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

Etymology 1Edit

PronunciationEdit

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): chāng (chang¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄤ

(Chengdu, SP): cang¹
Cantonese (Jyutping): coeng¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhông
Min Dong (BUC): chiŏng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): chhiong / chhiang / chhiuⁿ / chhioⁿ

(Teochew, Peng'im): ciang¹
Wu (Wiktionary): tshaan (T1)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: chāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄤ
  - Wade–Giles: chʻang¹
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chang
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chang
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: cang¹
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: cang
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: coeng¹
  - Yale: chēung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: cêng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃʰœ̽ːŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhông
  - Hakka Romanization System: cong´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cong¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰoŋ²⁴/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: chiŏng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰuoŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiong
  - Tâi-lô: tshiong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chiofng
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɔŋ³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiang
  - Tâi-lô: tshiang
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chiafng
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiaŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiuⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tshiunn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chviw
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰiũ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰiũ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhioⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tshionn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chvioy
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɔ̃⁴⁴/

Note:

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

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

Wu

(Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: tshaan (T1)
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑ̃⁵³/

Middle Chinese: /t͡ɕʰɨɐŋ/

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
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

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/

DefinitionsEdit

昌

CompoundsEdit

不昌
五世其昌
光昌
南昌 (Nánchāng)
國運昌隆／国运昌隆
大昌 (Dàchāng)
太昌
孝昌 (Xiàochāng)
宜昌 (Yíchāng)
寖明寖昌
屯昌 (Túnchāng)
平昌 (Píngchāng)
文昌 (Wénchāng)
文昌星
文昌魚／文昌鱼 (wénchāngyú)
昌光

昌化石
昌大
昌容
昌平 (Chāngpíng)
昌意
昌明 (chāngmíng)
昌江 (Chāngjiāng)
昌盍
昌盛 (chāngshèng)
昌言 (chāngyán)
昌辭／昌辞
昌達／昌达 (Chāngdá)
昌隆 (chānglóng)
昌黎 (Chānglí)
晉昌／晋昌 (Jìnchāng)
東昌／东昌 (Dōngchāng)

東昌紙／东昌纸
樂昌破鏡／乐昌破镜
武昌 (Wǔchāng)
武昌剩竹
武昌起義／武昌起义 (Wǔchāng Qǐyì)
永昌 (yǒngchāng)
泰昌 (Tàichāng)
繁昌 (fánchāng)
繁榮昌盛／繁荣昌盛
蕃昌 (fánchāng)
西昌 (Xīchāng)
許昌／许昌 (Xǔchāng)
金昌 (Jīnchāng)
阿昌族 (Āchāngzú)
隆昌
順我者昌，逆我者亡／顺我者昌，逆我者亡 (shùn wǒ zhě chāng, nì wǒ zhě wáng)

Etymology 2Edit

PronunciationEdit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chàng (chang⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄤˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: chàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˋ
  - Wade–Giles: chʻang⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chanq
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chàng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ⁵¹/

DefinitionsEdit

昌

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

CompoundsEdit

昌導／昌导 (chàngdǎo)

昌言 (chàngyán)

昌誦／昌诵 (chàngsòng)

JapaneseEdit

KanjiEdit

昌

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

good
prosper

ReadingsEdit

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)

KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

昌 (eumhun 창성할 창 (changseonghal chang))

prosperity, flourishing, thriving

VietnameseEdit

Han characterEdit

昌: Hán Nôm readings: xương

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