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Translingual
Han character
猖 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 大竹日日 (KHAA), four-corner 46260, composition ⿰犭昌)
- mad, wild, reckless, unruly
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 713, character 17
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20490
- Dae Jaweon: page 1125, character 12
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1353, character 4
- Unihan data for U+7316
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 昌
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*tʰjaŋ
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| 倡
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*tʰjaŋ, *tʰjaŋs
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| 猖
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*tʰjaŋ
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| 菖
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*tʰjaŋ
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| 閶
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*tʰjaŋ
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| 鯧
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*tʰjaŋ
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| 裮
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*tʰjaŋ
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| 琩
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*tʰjaŋ
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| 唱
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*tʰjaŋs
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tʰjaŋ) : semantic 犭 (“dog”) + phonetic 昌 (OC *tʰjaŋ).
Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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猖
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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1251
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Phonetic
component
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昌
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Rime
group
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陽
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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昌
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Old
Chinese
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/*tʰjaŋ/
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Definitions
猖
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Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
猖
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
猖 • (chang) (hangeul 창, revised chang, McCune–Reischauer ch'ang, Yale chang)
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Vietnamese
Han character
猖: Hán Nôm readings: xương
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