昌
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TranslingualEdit
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Han characterEdit
昌 (Kangxi 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, 誯, 𰎅, 𣣘, 焻, 𤏒, 菖, 䅛, 𬕑, 𬗡, 𪣧, 𪉨(𬸶), 𥓥, 裮, 𢃑, 𥚕, 閶(阊), 䮖, 猖, 䗉, 鯧(鲳), 𪂇, 𥫅
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
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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
昌 (OC khlaŋ ~ thaŋ) is possibly related to 陽 (OC *laŋ), in which case it'd go back to *khlaŋ, supported by Proto-Vietic *hlaŋᴮ; note the phonetic parallelism with 唱 (OC k-hlaŋh) (Schuessler, 2007).
See 陽/阳 (yáng) for further etymology.
PronunciationEdit
DefinitionsEdit
昌
- (literary, or in compounds) prosperous; flourishing
- (~州) (historical) Chang Prefecture
- a surname
- † sunlight
- † good; proper; right
- † beautiful; lovely
SynonymsEdit
- (prosperous):
Synonyms of 昌
AntonymsEdit
- (prosperous):
CompoundsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
PronunciationEdit
DefinitionsEdit
昌
- (Min Nan, in compounds) facial expression
CompoundsEdit
Etymology 3Edit
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
KoreanEdit
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Han characterEdit
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