昌
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TranslingualEdit
Han characterEdit
昌 (radical 72, 日+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 日日 (AA), four-corner 60600, composition ⿱日曰)
Derived charactersEdit
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. |
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Glyph originEdit
Historical forms of the character 昌 | ||||||
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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 |
Ideogrammic compound (會意): semantic 日 (“sun”) + semantic 口 (“mouth”). During the Warring States Period, 口 developed into 曰.
Etymology 1Edit
PronunciationEdit
DefinitionsEdit
昌
- † sunlight
- † good; proper; right
- † beautiful; lovely
- prosperous; flourishing
- (~州) (historical) Chang Prefecture
- A surname.
CompoundsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
PronunciationEdit
DefinitionsEdit
昌
- † Alternative form of 倡 (chàng, “to initiate; to propose”).
- † Alternative form of 唱 (chàng, “to chant; to recite”).
CompoundsEdit
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))
VietnameseEdit
Han characterEdit
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