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唱	U+5531, 唱 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5531

Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order

Han character

唱Category:Translingual lemmas#口08唱 Category:Translingual terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#口08唱 Category:Translingual symbols#口08唱 Category:Translingual terms with redundant script codes#口08唱 Category:Translingual entries with incorrect language header#口08唱 Category:Pages with entries#唱 Category:Pages with 5 entries#唱 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+8, 11 strokes, Cangjie input 口日日 (RAA), four-corner 6606₀, composition ⿰口昌)Category:Han script characters#口08唱

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 193, character 21

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3765

Dae Jaweon: page 414, character 1

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 640, character 8

Unihan data for U+5531

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 唱
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (昌) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
昌	*tʰjaŋ
倡	tʰjaŋ, tʰjaŋs
猖	*tʰjaŋ
菖	*tʰjaŋ
閶	*tʰjaŋ
鯧	*tʰjaŋ
裮	*tʰjaŋ
琩	*tʰjaŋ
唱	*tʰjaŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *tʰjaŋs)Category:Han phono-semantic compounds#口08: semantic 口 + phonetic 昌 (OC *tʰjaŋ).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		唱

Same word as 倡 (OC *tʰjaŋs, “to lead; to advocate”). Schuessler (2007), reconstructing the Old Chinese minimally as *k-hlaŋhCategory:Undetermined language links#唱, considers it to be a Sino-Tibetan Category:Chinese terms derived from Sino-Tibetan languages#口08 word; compare Burmese အချင်း (a.hkyang:, “song, poem”) and perhaps also Proto-Bodo-Garo *lʔəŋ (“to sing”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): chàng (chang⁴Category:Mandarin links with redundant target parameters#唱)

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄤˋ

Category:Mandarin terms with audio pronunciation

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): cang⁴

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): чон (čon, III)
Cantonese (Jyutping): coeng³
Category:Cantonese terms with audio pronunciation#口08
Gan (Wiktionary): cong³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chhong

(Hailu, HRS): chong^ˇ

(Meixian, Guangdong): cong⁴

(Changting, Changting Pinyin): chông⁴
Jin (Wiktionary): con³
Northern Min (KCR): chiô̤ng
Eastern Min (BUC): chióng
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): cieo⁴ / ciunn⁴ / cyorng⁴ / cyoeng⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chhiùⁿ / chhiòⁿ / chhiò / chhiàuⁿ / chhiàng / chhiòng

(Teochew, Peng'im): cio³ / ciê³ / ciang³
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵tshaon
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): chan⁴

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/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (唱兒 / 唱儿)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chàngr
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˋㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chàngr
  - Wade–Giles: chʻang⁴-ʼrh
  - Yale: chàngr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chanql
  - Palladius: чанр (čanr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑ̃ɻ⁵¹/

Note: Erhuayin chiefly for noun sense.

- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: cang⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: cang
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaŋ²¹³/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: чон (čon, III)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ⁴⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: coeng³
  - Yale: cheung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng³
  - Guangdong Romanization: cêng³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰœːŋ³³/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: cong³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔŋ²¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhong
  - Hakka Romanization System: cong
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cong⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰoŋ⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: chong^ˇ
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡ʃʰoŋ¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: cong⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɔŋ⁵³/
- (Changting)
  - Changting Pinyin: chông⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡ʃʰɔŋ⁵⁴/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: con³
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sʰɒ̃⁴⁵/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: chiô̤ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiɔŋ³³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: chióng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰuɔŋ²¹³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: cieo⁴
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: cha̤̍uⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰieu⁴²/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ciunn⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰĩũ⁴²/
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: cyorng⁴
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: chio̤̍ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰyɒŋ⁴²/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: cyoeng⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰyøŋ⁴²/

Note:

cieo4/ciunn4 - vernacular;
cyorng4/cyoeng4 - literary.

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Taichung, Hsinchu, Lukang, Sanxia, Yilan, Kinmen, Magong, Singapore, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiùⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tshiùnn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chviux
  - Sinological IPA (Kinmen): /t͡sʰiũ¹²/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Kaohsiung, Yilan, Singapore): /t͡sʰiũ²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /t͡sʰiũ⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiũ¹¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Lukang): /t͡sʰiũ³¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Tainan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiòⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tshiònn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chvioix
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou, Tainan): /t͡sʰiɔ̃²¹/
- (Hokkien: Tainan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiò
  - Tâi-lô: tshiò
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chioix
  - Sinological IPA (Tainan): /t͡sʰiɤ²¹/
- (Hokkien: Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiàuⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tshiàunn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chviaux
  - Sinological IPA (Penang): /t͡sʰiãu²¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiàng
  - Tâi-lô: tshiàng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chiaxng
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiaŋ²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiaŋ¹¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiòng
  - Tâi-lô: tshiòng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chioxng
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiɔŋ¹¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɔŋ⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɔŋ²¹/

Note:

chhiùⁿ/chhiòⁿ/chhiò/chhiàuⁿ - vernacular;
chhiàng, chhiòng - literary.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: cio³ / ciê³ / ciang³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshiò / tshiè / tshiàng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰio²¹³/, /t͡sʰie²¹³/, /t͡sʰiaŋ²¹³/

Note:

cio3/ciê3 - vernacular (ciê3 - Chaozhou);
ciang3 - literary.

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵tshaon
  - MiniDict: tshaon^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tshaan
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰɑ̃³⁴/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: chan⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /ʈ͡ʂʰan⁴⁵/
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /t͡sʰan⁴⁵/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 唱
Mandarin	Beijing	/ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ⁵¹/
	Harbin	/ʈ͡ʂʰaŋ⁵³/
	Tianjin	/ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ⁵³/ /t͡sʰɑŋ⁵³/
	Jinan	/ʈ͡ʂʰaŋ²¹/
	Qingdao	/tʃʰaŋ⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/ʈ͡ʂʰaŋ³¹²/
	Xi'an	/ʈ͡ʂʰaŋ⁴⁴/
	Xining	/ʈ͡ʂʰɔ̃²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ¹³/
	Lanzhou	/ʈ͡ʂʰɑ̃¹³/
	Ürümqi	/ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ²¹³/
	Wuhan	/t͡sʰaŋ³⁵/
	Chengdu	/t͡sʰaŋ¹³/
	Guiyang	/t͡sʰaŋ²¹³/
	Kunming	/ʈ͡ʂʰã̠²¹²/
	Nanjing	/ʈ͡ʂʰaŋ⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/ʈ͡ʂʰɑ̃⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/t͡sʰɒ̃⁴⁵/
	Pingyao	/ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/
	Hohhot	/t͡sʰɑ̃⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/t͡sʰɑ̃³⁵/
	Suzhou	/t͡sʰɑ̃⁵¹³/
	Hangzhou	/t͡sʰɑŋ⁴⁴⁵/
	Wenzhou	/t͡ɕʰi⁴²/
Hui	Shexian	/t͡ɕia³²⁴/
Hui	Tunxi	/t͡ɕʰiau⁴²/
Xiang	Changsha	/ʈ͡ʂʰan⁵⁵/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/ʈ͡ʂʰɔn⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang	/t͡sʰɔŋ²¹³/
Hakka	Meixian	/t͡sʰoŋ⁵³/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/tʃʰoŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/t͡sʰœŋ³³/
	Nanning	/t͡sʰœŋ³³/
	Hong Kong	/t͡sʰœŋ³³/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/t͡sʰiɔŋ²¹/ /t͡sʰiũ²¹/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/t͡sʰuɔŋ²¹²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/t͡sʰiɔŋ³³/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/t͡sʰiaŋ²¹³/ /t͡sʰio²¹³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/saŋ³⁵/ /sio³⁵/

Middle Chinese: tsyhangH

Rime
Character	唱
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	昌 (24)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	尺亮切
Baxter	tsyhangH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕʰɨɐŋ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕʰiɐŋ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕʰiɑŋ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cʰɨaŋ^H/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕʰiaŋ^H/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕʰĭaŋ^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡ɕʰi̯aŋ^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chàng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	coeng³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*mə-tʰaŋ-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*tʰjaŋs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	唱
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	chàng
Middle Chinese	‹ tsyhang^H ›
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.