唱

Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order

Han character

唱 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 口日日 (RAA), four-corner 6606₀, composition ⿰口昌)

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

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

Etymology 1

Same word as 倡 (OC *tʰjaŋs, “to lead; to advocate”). Schuessler (2007), reconstructing the Old Chinese minimally as *k-hlaŋh, considers it to be a Sino-Tibetan word; compare Burmese အချင်း (a.hkyang:, “song, poem”) and perhaps also Proto-Bodo-Garo *lʔəŋ (“to sing”).

Pronunciation

Definitions

唱

1. (literary) to lead in singing
2. to sing

   唱歌  ―  chànggē  ―  to sing a song

3. to call; to cry out; to chant
4. song
5. (Cantonese) to spread (usually negative) information or rumours
6. (literary) to advocate; to initiate

   • 今誠以吾衆詐自稱公子扶蘇、項燕，爲天下唱，宜多應者。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     今诚以吾众诈自称公子扶苏、项燕，为天下唱，宜多应者。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Jīn chéng yǐ wúzhòng zhà zìchēng Gōngzǐ Fúsū, Xiàng Yàn, wéi tiānxià chàng, yí duō yìngzhě.

     If we should indeed, at this moment, take advantage of our numbers, call ourselves the men of Prince Fusu and General Xiang Yan in pretense, and seize the initiative among the whole Empire, it is probable that many would spring into action in response.

7. a surname: Chang

Synonyms

• (song):

Compounds

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English change.

Pronunciation

Definitions

唱

1. (Cantonese) to exchange (currency, money, cash, etc.)

Compounds

References

• “Entry #7039”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

Japanese

Kanji

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. chant
2. choir

Readings

• Go-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)^{←しやう (syau, historical)}
• Kan-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)^{←しやう (syau, historical)}
• Kun: となえる (tonaeru, 唱える, Jōyō); うたう (utau, 唱う); うた (uta, 唱)

Compounds

• 歌唱(かしょう) (kashō)
• 合唱(がっしょう) (gasshō)
• 提唱(ていしょう) (teishō)

Korean

Hanja

唱 (eumhun 부를 창 (bureul chang))

1. Hanja form^? of 창 (“to chant”).

Vietnamese

Han character

唱: Hán Nôm readings: xướng, xẳng, xang, sướng, xắng, xẵng

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.