昌 U+660C, 昌 ← 昋[U+660B] CJK Unified Ideographs 昍 →[U+660D] Stroke order
昌 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+4, 8 strokes, Cangjie input 日日 (AA), four-corner 60600, composition ⿱日曰)
- 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
- 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
simp. and trad. 昌 alternative forms 𣅊
Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): semantic 日 (“sun”) + semantic 口 (“mouth”). The mouth is a reference to being awaken at dawn through shouts or songs. During the Warring States Period, 口 developed into 曰.
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.
昌
- (literary, or in compounds) prosperous; flourishing
- (～州) (historical) Chang Prefecture
- a surname
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) sunlight
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) good; proper; right
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) beautiful; lovely
- (prosperous):
- (antonym(s) of “prosperous”):
昌
- (Southern Min, in compounds) facial expression
昌
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 倡 (“to initiate; to propose”)
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 唱 (chàng, “to chant; to recite”)
- “昌”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014-
- 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “昌”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 26.
(Jinmeiyō kanji)
- good
- prosper
- bright, shining, unobscured
- 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, 昌ん)
- 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)
- 昌(しょう)運(うん) (shōun)
- 昌(しょう)盛(せい) (shōsei)
- 盛(せい)昌(しょう) (seishō)
- 隆(りゅう)昌(しょう) (ryūshō)
- 繁(はん)昌(じょう) (hanjō)
- 昌(しょう)言(げん) (shōgen)
昌 (eumhun 창성할 창 (changseonghal chang))
- prosperity, flourishing, thriving
昌: Hán Việt readings: xương[1][2][3][4][5][6] 昌: Nôm readings: xương[1][2][3][4][5][6], xang[1]
- chữ Nôm form of xang (“used in xênh xang (“stylish, dapper, fashionable”)”)
- chữ Nôm form of xương (“bone”)
- Phật thuyết đại báo phụ mẫu ân trọng kinh (佛說大報父母恩重經), 12th century, folio 29b
