昌

昌 U+660C, 昌 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-660C ← 昋 [U+660B] CJK Unified Ideographs 昍 → [U+660D]

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TranslingualEdit

Han characterEdit

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

1. light of sun
2. good, proper
3. beautiful, lovely
4. flourish, prosper, thrive

Derived termsEdit

• 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: volume 2, page 1490, character 3
• Unihan data for U+660C

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ChineseEdit

simp. and trad.		昌

Glyph originEdit

Historical forms of the character 昌
Bronze inscriptions	Large seal script	Small seal script

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

PronunciationEdit

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): chāng (chang¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄤ

  (Chengdu, SP): cang¹

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coeng¹
• Min Nan (POJ): chhiong / chhiang / chhiuⁿ / chhioⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: chāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄤ
    • Wade-Giles: ch'ang¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chang
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ⁵⁵/
• • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: cang¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: cang
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: coeng¹
    • Yale: chēung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêng¹
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰœːŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiong
    • Tâi-lô: tshiong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiofng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕʰiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiang
    • Tâi-lô: tshiang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiafng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiaŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiuⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tshiunn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chviw
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰiũ³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰiũ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰiũ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕʰiũ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhioⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tshionn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chvioy
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɔ̃⁴⁴/

Note:

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

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• 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

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CompoundsEdit

• 不昌
• 五世其昌
• 光昌
• 南昌 (Nánchāng)
• 國運昌隆／国运昌隆
• 太昌
• 寖明寖昌
• 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
• 昌盍
• 昌盛 (chāngshèng)
• 昌言
• 昌辭／昌辞
• 昌隆

• 昌黎 (Chānglí)
• 東昌紙／东昌纸
• 樂昌破鏡／乐昌破镜
• 武昌剩竹
• 武昌起義／武昌起义
• 泰昌 (Tàichāng)
• 繁榮昌盛／繁荣昌盛
• 蕃昌
• 阿昌族 (Āchāngzú)
• 隆昌

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JapaneseEdit

KanjiEdit

昌

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. good
2. prosper

ReadingsEdit

• On (unclassified): しょう (shō)
• Kun: さかん (sakan)
• Nanori: まさ (masa), あき (aki)

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KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

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

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VietnameseEdit

Han characterEdit

昌 (xương)

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