昌あきら

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

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

昌あきら (Kangxi radical 72, 日ひ+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 日日ひび (AA), four-corner 6060₀, composition ⿱日ひ曰)

Derived characters

• 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

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: 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

Chinese

simp. and trad.		昌あきら

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 昌あきら
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 (昌あきら) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
昌あきら	*tʰjaŋ
倡	*tʰjaŋ, *tʰjaŋs
猖	*tʰjaŋ
菖	*tʰjaŋ
閶	*tʰjaŋ
鯧	*tʰjaŋ
裮	*tʰjaŋ
琩	*tʰjaŋ
唱	*tʰjaŋs

Ideogrammic compound (會意かいい／会意かいい) : semantic 日ひ (“sun”) + semantic 口くち (“mouth”). During the Warring States Period, 口くち developed into 曰.

Etymology 1

昌あきら (OC khlaŋ ~ thaŋ) is possibly related to 陽ひ (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 陽ひ／阳 (yáng) for further etymology.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): chāng (chang¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄤ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): cang¹

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): coeng¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ciang¹

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chhông

  (Meixian, Guangdong): cong¹

• Eastern Min (BUC): chiŏng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhiong / chhiang

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ciang¹

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹tshaon

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chang
    • Wade–Giles: chʻang¹
    • Yale: chāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chang
    • Palladius: чан (čan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: cang¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: cang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: coeng¹
    • Yale: chēung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰœːŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: ciang¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiaŋ³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhông
    • Hakka Romanization System: cong´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cong¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰoŋ²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: cong¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: chiŏng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰuoŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiong
    • Tâi-lô: tshiong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiofng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɔŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiang
    • Tâi-lô: tshiang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiafng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiaŋ⁴⁴/

Note: chhiong/chhiang - literary.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ciang¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshiang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiaŋ³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹tshaon
    • MiniDict: tshaon^平ひらた
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tshaan
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰɑ̃⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyhang

Rime
Character	昌あきら
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲こえ)	昌あきら (24)
Final (韻いん)	陽ひ (105)
Tone (調しらべ)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開ひらき合あい)	Open
Division (等ひとし)	III
Fanqie	尺しゃく良りょう切きり
Baxter	tsyhang
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
Expected Cantonese Reflex	coeng1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tʰjaŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	昌あきら
Reading #	1/1
No.	1249
Phonetic component	昌あきら
Rime group	陽ひ
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	昌あきら
Old Chinese	/*tʰjaŋ/

Definitions

昌あきら

1. (literary, or in compounds) prosperous; flourishing
2. (～州しゅう) (historical) Chang Prefecture
3. a surname
4. ^† sunlight
5. ^† good; proper; right
6. ^† beautiful; lovely

Synonyms

• (prosperous):

• 全盛ぜんせい (quánshèng)
• 卬卬 (áng'áng) (literary)
• 富強ふきょう／富强ふきょう (fùqiáng)
• 富とみ昌あきら (fùchāng) (literary)
• 富盛とみもり (fùshèng) (literary)
• 強つよ盛さかり／强つよ盛さかり (qiángshèng)
• 昌明まさあき (chāngmíng) (literary, of a government, culture, etc.)
• 昌あきら盛もり (chāngshèng)
• 旺盛おうせい (wàngshèng)
• 昌隆まさたか (chānglóng)
• 景氣けいき／景けい气 (jǐngqì)
• 暢とおる旺／畅旺 (chàngwàng)
• 條じょう暢とおる／条じょう畅 (tiáochàng) (literary)
• 火ひ爆ばく (huǒbào)
• 紅べに火ひ／红火 (hónghuo) (mainland China)
• 繁榮はんえい／繁しげる荣 (fánróng)
• 繁盛はんじょう (fánshèng)
• 繁華はんか／繁しげる华 (fánhuá)
• 興きょう旺／兴旺 (xīngwàng)
• 興きょう盛もり／兴盛 (xīngshèng)
• 興隆こうりゅう／兴隆 (xīnglóng)
• 茂しげる盛もり (màoshèng)
• 蓬よもぎ勃 (péngbó)
• 蕃昌ばんしょう (fánchāng) (literary)
• 軫軫／轸轸 (zhěnzhěn) (literary)
• 隆昌りゅうしょう (lóngchāng) (literary)
• 隆盛りゅうせい (lóngshèng)
• 鼎かなえ盛もり (dǐngshèng)

 

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “prosperous”):

• 不ふ景けい (bùjǐng) (Hong Kong)
• 不景氣ふけいき／不ふ景けい气 (bùjǐngqì)
• 低迷ていめい (dīmí)
• 冷淡れいたん (lěngdàn)
• 慘むご淡あわ／惨むご淡あわ (cǎndàn)
• 清きよ淡あわ (qīngdàn)
• 蕭條しょうじょう／萧条 (xiāotiáo)

 

Compounds

• 不ふ昌あきら
• 五ご世せい其昌
• 光ひかり昌あきら
• 南みなみ昌あきら (Nánchāng)
• 國運こくうん昌隆まさたか／国くに运昌隆たかし
• 大昌だいしょう (Dàchāng)
• 太ふと昌あきら
• 孝昌たかまさ (Xiàochāng)
• 宜むべ昌あきら (Yíchāng)
• 寖明寖昌
• 屯たむろ昌あきら (Túnchāng)
• 平たいら昌あきら (Píngchāng)
• 幽かそけ昌あきら (yōuchāng)
• 文ぶん昌あきら (Wénchāng)
• 文ぶん昌あきら星ほし
• 文ぶん昌あきら魚ぎょ／文ぶん昌あきら鱼 (wénchāngyú)
• 昌光まさみつ
• 昌あきら化石かせき (chānghuàshí)
• 昌あきら大だい
• 昌あきら容よう
• 昌平しょうへい (Chāngpíng)
• 昌あきら意い
• 昌明まさあき (chāngmíng)
• 昌江まさえ (Chāngjiāng)
• 昌あきら盍
• 昌あきら盛もり (chāngshèng)
• 昌あきら言げん (chāngyán)
• 昌あきら辭じ／昌あきら辞じ
• 昌あきら達たち／昌あきら达 (Chāngdá)
• 昌隆まさたか (chānglóng)
• 昌あきら黎はじむ (Chānglí)
• 晉すすむ昌あきら／晋すすむ昌あきら (Jìnchāng)
• 東あずま昌あきら／东昌 (Dōngchāng)
• 東あずま昌あきら紙し／东昌纸
• 梁りょう昌あきら
• 樂らく昌あきら破鏡はきょう／乐昌破やぶ镜
• 武たけ昌あきら (Wǔchāng)
• 武たけ昌あきら剩あま竹たけ
• 武たけ昌あきら起おこり義よし／武たけ昌あきら起おこり义 (Wǔchāng Qǐyì)
• 永昌えいしょう (yǒngchāng)
• 泰やすし昌あきら (Tàichāng)
• 繁昌はんじょう (fánchāng)
• 繁榮はんえい昌あきら盛もり／繁しげる荣昌盛もり
• 蕃昌ばんしょう (fánchāng)
• 西にし昌あきら (Xīchāng)
• 許もと昌あきら／许昌 (Xǔchāng, “Xuchang”)
• 金きむ昌あきら (Jīnchāng)
• 阿おもね昌あきら族ぞく (Āchāngzú)
• 隆昌りゅうしょう (lóngchāng)
• 順じゅん我が者しゃ昌あきら，逆ぎゃく我が者しゃ亡ほろび／顺我者しゃ昌あきら，逆ぎゃく我が者しゃ亡ほろび (shùn wǒ zhě chāng, nì wǒ zhě wáng)

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhiuⁿ / chhioⁿ

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiuⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tshiunn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chviw
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiũ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiũ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhioⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tshionn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chvioy
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɔ̃⁴⁴/

Note: chhiuⁿ/chhioⁿ - vernacular.

Definitions

昌あきら

1. (Southern Min, in compounds) facial expression

Compounds

• 張ちょう昌あきら／张昌
• 面めん昌あきら

 

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chàng (chang⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄤˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chàng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻang⁴
    • Yale: chàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chanq
    • Palladius: чан (čan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ⁵¹/

Definitions

昌あきら

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

Compounds

• 昌あきら導しるべ／昌あきら导 (chàngdǎo)
• 昌あきら言げん (chàngyán)
• 昌あきら誦／昌あきら诵 (chàngsòng)

 

Japanese

Kanji

昌あきら

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. good
2. prosper

Readings

• Go-on: しょう (shō)^{←しやう (syau, historical)}
• Kan-on: しょう (shō)^{←しやう (syau, historical)}
• 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)

Korean

Hanja

昌あきら (eumhun 창성할 창 (changseonghal chang))

1. prosperity, flourishing, thriving

Vietnamese

Han character

昌あきら: Hán Nôm readings: xương

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