倡
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Translingual
Han character
倡 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 人日日 (OAA), four-corner 26260, composition ⿰亻昌)
References
- KangXi: 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
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Glyph origin
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| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) | |||||
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References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
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Characters in the same phonetic series (昌) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *tʰjaŋ, *tʰjaŋs) : semantic 亻 + phonetic 昌 (OC *tʰjaŋ).
Pronunciation 1
Definitions
倡
Compounds
Pronunciation 2
Definitions
倡
- † professional singer and dancer
- † musician; actor; entertainer; performer
- † Alternative form of 娼 (chāng, “prostitute”).
Japanese
Korean
Hanja
倡 (eum 창 (chang))
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Vietnamese
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