昌

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TranslingualEdit

Han characterEdit

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

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

PronunciationEdit

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chāng (chang¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coeng¹
• Min Nan (POJ): chhiong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: chāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄤ
    • Wade-Giles: ch'ang¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chang
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: coeng¹
    • Yale: chēung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng¹
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰœːŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiong
    • Tâi-lô: tshiong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiofng
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɔŋ⁴⁴/

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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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JapaneseEdit

KanjiEdit

昌

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. good
2. prosper

ReadingsEdit

• On: 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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