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U+5021, 倡
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5021

[U+5020]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5022]

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

(Kangxi radical 9, +8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 人日日 (OAA), four-corner 26260, composition )

References[edit]

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 108, character 12
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 783
  • Dae Jaweon: page 231, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 177, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+5021

Chinese[edit]

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts



References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *tʰjaŋ, *tʰjaŋs): semantic + phonetic (OC *tʰjaŋ).

Pronunciation 1[edit]


Note: coeng1 - common variant.

Rime
Character
Reading # 2/2
Initial () (24)
Final () (105)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter tsyhangH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡ɕʰɨɐŋH/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡ɕʰiɐŋH/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡ɕʰiɑŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/cʰɨaŋH/
Li
Rong
/t͡ɕʰiaŋH/
Wang
Li
/t͡ɕʰĭaŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡ɕʰi̯aŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
chàng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
coeng3
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
chàng
Middle
Chinese
‹ tsyhangH ›
Old
Chinese
/*mə-tʰaŋ-s/
English to lead (in singing)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 2/2
No. 1258
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*tʰjaŋs/

Definitions[edit]

  1. to lead (a chorus); to introduce
  2. to sing
  3. to advocate; to recommend; to encourage; to promote; to propagate

Compounds[edit]

Pronunciation 2[edit]



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2
Initial () (24)
Final () (105)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
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
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2
No. 1250
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*tʰjaŋ/

Definitions[edit]

  1. professional singer and dancer
  2. musician; actor; entertainer; performer
  3. Alternative form of (chāng, prostitute)

Compounds[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. prostitute

Readings[edit]

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

(eum (chang))

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Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

: Hán Nôm readings: xướng

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